A manual for wildlife radio tagging
By: Robert E. Kenward.
Edition: [Rev. ed.]
Series: Biological techniques series
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: San Diego, CA; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Animal radio tracking -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-286) and index.
Includes glossary and appendices.
Previous ed. : published as Wildlife radio tagging, 1987.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 First Questions1; title: 1.1 Biological questions 2; title: 1.2 Planning 3; title: 1.3 Training 15; title: 1.4 Conclusions 15; title: 2 Basic Equipment16; title: 2.1 Frequency 20; title: 2.2 Receivers 22; title: 2.3 Receiving antennas28; title: 2.4 Transmitters 35; title: 2.5 Tag designs40; title: 2.6 Tags as capture aids 55; title: 2.7 Conclusions 56; title: 3 Automated Systems57; title: 3.1 Satellite tracking 57; title: 3.2 GPS tags60; title: 3.3 Location by ground-based stations63; title: 3.4 Choosing location systems70; title: 3.5 Data logging75; title: 3.6 Conclusions 78; title: 4 Making Preparations79; title: 4.1 Buying equipm ent 79; title: 4.2 Software preparations85; title: 4.3 Maps and GIS91; title: 4.4 Conclusions 96; title: 5 Making Tags98; title: 5.1 Tag components 98; title: 5.2 Tag construction106; title: 5.3 Tag designs 110; title: 5.4 Conclusions 121; title: 6 Tag Attachment123; title: 6.1 Effects on animals123; title: 6.2 Minimal tagging, soft tagging128; title: 6.3 Attachment techniques131; title: 6.4 Tag adjustment and detachment144; title: 6.5 Conclusions146; title: 7 Radio Tracking147; title: 7.1 First principles 147; title: 7.2 Making a start148; title: 7.3 Practice tracking157; title: 7.4 Signals from tagged animals161; title: 7.5 Motorised tracking 166; title: 7.6 Conclusions180; title: 8 Collecting Data181; title: 8.1 Radio surveillance 182; title: 8.2 Recording locations 183; title: 8.3 Accuracy191; title: 8.4 Survival data197; title: 8.5 Continuous refinement199; title: 8.6 Conclusions200; title: 9 Behaviour and Home Ranges201; title: 9.1 Activity and event records201; title: 9.2 Movement records 202; title: 9.3 Home-range analysis 207; title: 9.4 Conclusions 231; title: 10 Demography and Interactions233; title: 10.1 Density estim ations 233; title: 10.2 Survival analyses 237; title: 10.3 Interaction with resources245; title: 10.4 Social interactions 252; title: 10.5 Conclusions256; title: References257; title: Glossary287; title: Appendix I: Sources of equipment296; title: Appendix II: Sources of software302; title: Index307.