Accelerometer-informed GPS telemetry: Reducing the trade-off between resolution and longevity

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-146

  Brown, Danielle D ^a,b   Lapoint, Scott ^c   Kays, Roland ^d   Heidrich, Wolfgang ^c,e   Kümeth, Franz ^f   Wikelski, Martin ^d,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^e SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^f e obs GmbH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Activity; Animal movement; Anteater; Fisher; Fix success; Global Positioning System performance; Location success; Wildlife tracking

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOLUTION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEMETRY; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL FOREST;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE; TAMANDUA MEXICANA;

EID: 84863710691     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.111     Document Type: Article

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