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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451695103321

Autore

Mech L. David

Titolo

Handbook of animal radio-tracking [[electronic resource] /] / L. David Mech

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1983

ISBN

0-8166-8191-0

0-8166-1221-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Disciplina

599/.0028

Soggetti

Animal radio tracking

Radio telemetry

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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