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Author Kenward, Robert.

Title A manual for wildlife radio tagging / Robert E Kenward
Edition [New edition]
Published Boston, Mass. ; London : Academic Press, 2001

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'BOOL  591.028 Ken/Mfw 2001  AVAILABLE
Description x, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Biological techniques series
Biological techniques series.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1 First Questions1 -- 1.1 Biological questions 2 -- 1.2 Planning 3 -- 1.3 Training 15 -- 1.4 Conclusions 15 -- 2 Basic Equipment16 -- 2.1 Frequency 20 -- 2.2 Receivers 22 -- 2.3 Receiving antennas28 -- 2.4 Transmitters 35 -- 2.5 Tag designs40 -- 2.6 Tags as capture aids 55 -- 2.7 Conclusions 56 -- 3 Automated Systems57 -- 3.1 Satellite tracking 57 -- 3.2 GPS tags60 -- 3.3 Location by ground-based stations63 -- 3.4 Choosing location systems70 -- 3.5 Data logging75 -- 3.6 Conclusions 78 -- 4 Making Preparations79 -- 4.1 Buying equipm ent 79 -- 4.2 Software preparations85 -- 4.3 Maps and GIS91 -- 4.4 Conclusions 96 -- 5 Making Tags98 -- 5.1 Tag components 98 -- 5.2 Tag construction106 -- 5.3 Tag designs 110 -- 5.4 Conclusions 121 -- 6 Tag Attachment123 -- 6.1 Effects on animals123 -- 6.2 Minimal tagging, soft tagging128 -- 6.3 Attachment techniques131 -- 6.4 Tag adjustment and detachment144 -- 6.5 Conclusions146 -- 7 Radio Tracking147 -- 7.1 First principles 147 -- 7.2 Making a start148 -- 7.3 Practice tracking157 -- 7.4 Signals from tagged animals161 -- 7.5 Motorised tracking 166 -- 7.6 Conclusions180 -- 8 Collecting Data181 -- 8.1 Radio surveillance 182 -- 8.2 Recording locations 183 -- 8.3 Accuracy191 -- 8.4 Survival data197 -- 8.5 Continuous refinement199 -- 8.6 Conclusions200 -- 9 Behaviour and Home Ranges201 -- 9.1 Activity and event records201 -- 9.2 Movement records 202 -- 9.3 Home-range analysis 207 -- 9.4 Conclusions 231 -- 10 Demography and Interactions233 -- 10.1 Density estim ations 233 -- 10.2 Survival analyses 237 -- 10.3 Interaction with resources245 -- 10.4 Social interactions 252 -- 10.5 Conclusions256 -- References257 -- Glossary287 -- Appendix I: Sources of equipment296 -- Appendix II: Sources of software302 -- Index307. Representing
Summary "A Manual for Wildlife Radio-Tagging replaces the same author's 1987 publication, Wildlife Radio Tagging: Equipment, Field-Techniques and Data Analysis as the standard text in this field. Full and comprehensie coverage is given to the new technologies, such as data acquisition by satellites, programmable tags, global positioning systems, geographic information systems, digital maps and other software. Particular attention is paid to new principles, tag attachment techniques and data analysis, with a full discussion of the planning and data gathering processes that are needed in order to obtain robust results. The number of illustrations has doubled, to 110, and the number of sources quoted has tripled, to more than 650." "Starting with a consideration of how the strengths and weaknesses of radio tagging compare with other marking techniques, the book is full of advice for beginners and experts alike and of immense value to those who may think of supervising projects that include radio tagging."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Previous ed.: published as Wildlife radio tagging. 1987
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-286) and index
Subject Animal radio tracking -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Animal radio tracking.
Wildlife monitoring.
Author Kenward, Robert. Wildlife radio tagging
LC no. 00103147
ISBN 0124042422