The accuracy of Fastloc-GPS locations and implications for animal tracking

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1162-1169

  Dujon, Antoine M ^a   Lindstrom, R Todd ^b   Hays, Graeme C ^a,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Wildlife Computers Inc   (United States)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal tags; Positioning error; Satellite telemetry; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84913530476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12286     Document Type: Article

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