Tri-axial accelerometers quantify behaviour in the Eurasian badger (Meles meles): Towards an automated interpretation of field data

Animal Biotelemetry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  McClune, David W ^a   Marks, Nikki J ^a   Wilson, Rory P ^b   Houghton, Jonathan D R ^a   Montgomery, Ian W ^a   McGowan, Natasha E ^a   Gormley, Eamonn ^c   Scantlebury, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Badger; Behaviour; Meles meles; Mustelid; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018193537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20503385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-3385-2-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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