Analysis of Wildlife Radio-Tracking Data

Key Features: * Presentation of software programs for solving specific problems * Design of radio-tracking studies * Mechanics of data collection * Estimation of position by triangulation * Graphic presentation of animal migration, dispersal, fidelity, and association * Home range estimation, habitat utilization, and estimation of survival rates and population size

With the substantial advances in the miniaturization of electronic components, wildlife biologists routinely monitor the movements of free-ranging animals with radio-tracking devices. This book explicates the analytical techniques and computer programs available to extract biological information from the radio tracking data.With the substantial advances in the miniaturization of electronic components, wildlife biologists now routinely monitor the movements of free-ranging animals with radio-tracking devices. This book explicates the many analytical techniques and computer programs available to extract biological information from the radio tracking data.