Handbook of animal radio-tracking / L. David Mech.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mech, L. David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal radio tracking.

Radio telemetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 107 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A practical manual which explains the use of radio-tracking in ecological and biological research.

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; USES OF RADIO-TRACKING; HISTORY OF RADIO-TRACKING; THE RADIO-TRACKING SYSTEM; RADIO FREQUENCY; PULSE RATES; RANGE; TRANSMITTER LIFE; ATTACHMENT TECHNIQUES; TRANSMITTER RELIABILITY; TO BUY OR TO BUILD?; TYPES OF RECEIVING SYSTEMS; RADIO-TRACKING TECHNIQUES; ERRORS AND ACCURACY; PHYSIOLOGICAL TELEMETRY; CONSIDERATIONS IN STARTING A RADIO-TRACKING PROGRAM; LITERATURE CITED; APPENDIX I: General References; APPENDIX II: Exercises to Practice Radio-Tracking; APPENDIX III: Suppliers of Radio-Tracking Equipment; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8191-0

0-8166-1221-8

OCLC:

182732730