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Handbook of Animal Radio-Tracking.
Title:
Handbook of Animal Radio-Tracking.
Author:
Mech, L. David.
ISBN:
9780816681914
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (121 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- USES OF RADIO-TRACKING -- Locations and Movements -- Behavior -- Mortality and Survival -- Miscellaneous Studies -- HISTORY OF RADIO-TRACKING -- State of the Art -- THE RADIO-TRACKING SYSTEM -- Transmitting System -- Transmitters -- Power Supply -- Antennas -- Receiving System -- Receiver -- Receiving Antennas -- Recorders -- RADIO FREQUENCY -- PULSE RATES -- RANGE -- Range Testing -- TRANSMITTER LIFE -- ATTACHMENT TECHNIQUES -- TRANSMITTER RELIABILITY -- Reliability Testing -- TO BUY OR TO BUILD? -- TYPES OF RECEIVING SYSTEMS -- Portable Tracking System -- Stationary Receiving System -- Mobile Tracking System -- Aerial Tracking System -- RADIO-TRACKING TECHNIQUES -- Triangulation -- Homing -- Aerial Radio-Tracking -- Aerial Searches -- Activity and Presence or Absence -- ERRORS AND ACCURACY -- Biases -- Adverse Effects of Radio-Tracking -- PHYSIOLOGICAL TELEMETRY -- CONSIDERATIONS IN STARTING A RADIO-TRACKING PROGRAM -- Costs -- Ordering Equipment -- LITERATURE CITED -- APPENDIX I: General References -- APPENDIX II: Exercises to Practice Radio-Tracking -- APPENDIX III: Suppliers of Radio-Tracking Equipment -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
A practical manual which explains the use of radio-tracking in ecological and biological research.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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