Performance and accuracy of Argos transmitters for wildlife monitoring in Southern Russia

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-463

  Dubinin, Maxim ^a   Lushchekina, Anna ^b   Radeloff, Volker C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Argos; Performance; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77952553595     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0354-4     Document Type: Article

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