The recursive model as a new approach to validate and monitor activity sensors

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1531-1541

  Body, Guillaume ^a   Weladji, Robert B ^a   Holand, Øystein ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dual axis sensor; GPS collar; Rangifer tarandus; Recursive model; Tellus activity sensor

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DEER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84867668269     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1414-4     Document Type: Article

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