Effects of Global Positioning System collar weight on zebra behavior and location error

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A study was conducted in the Botswana region to determine the effect of collar weight behavior and movement of zebra in the plains. Results showed that a slight variation in collar weight even within the accepted limits had an impact on movement of the animal which was previously unknown.

Author: Brooks, C., Bonyongo, C., Harris, S.
Publisher: Wildlife Society
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2008
Animal behavior, Zebras, Animal behaviour

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Screening radiolocation datasets for movement strategies with time series segmentation

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A study was conducted in Sweden to determine the importance of the time stamp when tracking moose through the Global Positioning System. Results showed that the usage of the time stamp helped in recording data of movement in home ranges.

Author: Dettki, Holger, Ericsson, Goran
Publisher: Wildlife Society
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2008
Protection and preservation, Moose

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Utilization distribution estimation using weighted kernel density estimators

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The article discusses about the importance of random sampling for Kernel density estimators (KDE) of utilization distributions and provides an initial evaluation of 2 weighted KDEs that can be used with stratified sampling designs.

Author: Fieberg, John
Publisher: Wildlife Society
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2007
Habitat (Ecology), Habitats, White-tailed deer, Kernel functions, Smoothing (Numerical analysis)

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Subjects list: Research, United States, Usage, Behavior, Global Positioning System
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