| Abstract: | Radio-telemetry was not included in the first comprehensive manual of wildlife research techniques (Mosby 1960) because the first published papers were about physiological wildlife telemetry (LeMunyan et al. 1959) and because research using telemetry in field ecology was just being initiated (Marshall et al. 1962; Cochran and Lord 1963). Among the first uses of telemetry to study wildlife, however, was a study of carnivores (Craighead et al. 1963), and telemetry has become a common method for studying numerous topics of carnivore biology. Our goals for this chapter are to provide basic information about radio-telemetry equipment and procedures. Although we provide many references to studies using telemetry equipment and methods, we recommend Kenward‘s (2001) comprehensive book, A manual of wildlife radio tagging for persons who are unfamiliar with radio-telemetry, Fuller et al. (2005), and Tomkiewicz et al. (2010). Compendia of uses of radio-telemetry in animal research appear regularly as chapters in manuals (Cochran 1980; Samuel and Fuller 1994), in books about equipment, field procedures, study design, and applications (Amlaner and Macdonald 1980; Anderka 1987; Amlaner 1989; White and Garrott 1990; Priede and Swift 1992; Kenward 2001; Millspaugh and Marzluff 2001; Mech and Barber 2002), and in reviews highlighting new developments (Cooke et al. 2004; Rutz and Hays 2009; Cagnacci et al. 2010). Some animal telemetry products and techniques have remained almost unchanged for years, but new technologies and approaches emerge and replace previously available equipment at an increasing pace. Here, we emphasize recent studies for which telemetry was used with carnivores. |
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| Citation Author: | Fuller, Mark R.; Fuller, Todd K. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Carnivore ecology and conservation: A handbook of techniques |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Radio telemetry equipment and applications for carnivores; 2012; Book chapter; Book; Carnivore ecology and conservation: A handbook of techniques; Fuller, Mark R.; Fuller, Todd K. |
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| Text: | Radio telemetry equipment and applications for carnivores; 2012; Book chapter; Book; Carnivore ecology and conservation: A handbook of techniques; Fuller, Mark R.; Fuller, Todd K. |
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| Date Other: | Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:01 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
