Calibration of remotely collected acceleration data with behavioral observations of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.)

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-255

  Heurich, Marco ^a   Traube, Miriam ^a   Stache, Anja ^a   Löttker, Petra ^a,b  

^a BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^b Light and Shadow GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acceleration sensors; Behavior; Biotelemetry; Capreolus capreolus; Roe deer; Spatial temporal behavior

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BIOTELEMETRY; CALIBRATION; DEER; GPS; LOCOMOTION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; MONITORING; SENSOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; AXIS (DEER); CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 84862492936     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: 21903743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13364-011-0068-3     Document Type: Article

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