State-space framework for estimating measurement error from double-tagging telemetry experiments

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-302

  Winship, Arliss J ^a,d   Jorgensen, Salvador J ^b   Shaffer, Scott A ^c   Jonsen, Ian D ^a   Robinson, Patrick W ^d   Costa, Daniel P ^d   Block, Barbara A ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Argos; Birds; Electronic tagging; Geolocation; Global Positioning System; Pinnipeds; Precision; Sharks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867379713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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