Performance of encounternet tags: Field tests of miniaturized proximity loggers for use on small birds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Levin, Iris I ^a   Zonana, David M ^a   Burt, John M ^b,c   Safran, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Encounternet LLC   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BARN SWALLOW; BODY MASS; CALIBRATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOGGING; MALE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; RELIABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SWALLOW; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWALLOWS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 84944388585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137242     Document Type: Article

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