Evaluation of GPS collar performance by stationary tests and fitting on free-ranging Japanese black bears

Mammal Study

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 131-142

  Yamazaki, Koji ^a   Kasai, Shinsuke ^b   Koike, Shinsuke ^b   Goto, Yusuke ^b   Kozakai, Chinatsu ^b   Furubayashi, Kengo ^b  

^a Ibaraki Nature Museum   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fix rate; GPS; Japanese black bear; Positional error; Ursus thibetanus japonicus

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 77951009227     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/1348-6160-33.4.131     Document Type: Article

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