The success of GPS collar deployments on mammals in Australia

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-83

  Matthews, Alison ^a   Ruykys, Laura ^b   Ellis, Bill ^c   Fitzgibbon, Sean ^c   Lunney, Daniel ^d   Crowther, Mathew S ^e   Glen, Alistair S ^f   Purcell, Brad ^g   Moseby, Katherine ^b,h   Stott, Jenny ^h   Fletcher, Don ⁱ   Wimpenny, Claire ⁱ   Allen, Benjamin L ^c   Van Bommel, Linda ^j   Roberts, Michael ^k   Davies, Nicole ^c   Green, Ken ^l   Newsome, Thomas ^e   Ballard, Guy ^m   Fleming, Peter ^m   Dickman, Christopher R ^e   Eberhart, Achim ⁿ   Troy, Shannon ^j   Mcmahon, Clive ^o   Wiggins, Natasha ^c   more..

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f WADepartment of Environment and Conservation and Invasive Animals CRC   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h Arid Recovery   (Australia)

ⁱ ACT Planning and Land Authority   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^k MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^l NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^m NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^o CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

field performance; fix success; location data; satellite; wildlife tracking.

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS DINGO; CANIS LUPUS; DASYURUS; DASYURUS GEOFFROII; FELIS CATUS; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS; MAMMALIA; PETROGALE LATERALIS; PHASCOLARCTIDAE; PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS; THYLOGALE; THYLOGALE BILLARDIERII; TRICHOSURUS; VOMBATIDAE; VOMBATUS URSINUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84875392767     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AM12021     Document Type: Article

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