Creating a behavioural classification module for acceleration data: Using a captive surrogate for difficult to observe species

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 4501-4506

  Campbell, Hamish A ^a   Gao, Lianli ^a   Bidder, Owen R ^b   Hunter, Jane ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Biotelemetry; Endangered species; Movement ecology; Support vector machines (SVMs)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETRY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEETAH; CROCODILIAN; DOG; ECHIDNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; KANGAROO; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT ECOLOGY; MUSTELIDAE; RUNNING; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES (SVMS); TELEMETRY; WALKING;

ACCELEROMETRY; BIOTELEMETRY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MOVEMENT ECOLOGY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES (SVMS);

ACCELERATION; ACINONYX; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOGS; ECHIDNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MACROPODIDAE; MUSTELIDAE; RUNNING; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; TELEMETRY; WALKING;

EID: 84890683671     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.089805     Document Type: Article

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