Identification of animal movement patterns using tri-axial accelerometry

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-60

  Shepard, Emily L C ^a   Wilson, Rory P ^a   Quintana, Flavio ^b,c   Laich, Agustina Gómez ^c   Liebsch, Nikolai ^a   Albareda, Diego A ^d   Halsey, Lewis G ^e   Gleiss, Adrian ^a   Morgan, David T ^a   Myers, Andrew E ^f   Newman, Chris ^g   Macdonald, David W ^g  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d Buenos Aires Skin   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Archival tag; Biotelemetry; Energy expenditure; Satellite tracking; Stroke frequency; Time budget

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOTELEMETRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAGGING; TRACKING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77952311494     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00084     Document Type: Article

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