Distinguishing technology from biology: A critical review of the use of GPS telemetry data in ecology

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1550, 2010, Pages 2303-2312

  Hebblewhite, Mark ^a   Haydon, Daniel T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argos; Demography; Gps technology; Habitat selection; Movement; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; DATA ACQUISITION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; FAUNISTICS; FISH; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; MAMMAL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PASSERI;

EID: 77955185664     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0087     Document Type: Review

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