Tracking Wildlife by Satellite: Current Systems and Performance

Richard B. Harris, Steven G. Fancy

ISBN 10: 0282327754 / ISBN 13: 9780282327750

Published by Forgotten Books, 2018

About this Item

Print on Demand. This book gathers studies on wildlife tracking via satellite using the Argos data collection and location system (DCLS) and Tiros-N series satellites. Since 1984, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has employed this system to monitor movements and behaviors of large mammals in Alaska and the Rocky Mountain region. The text summarizes two years of research and development by the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Research Center, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Yellowstone National Park, the Canadian Wildlife Service, the Yukon Department of Renewable Resources, the University of Idaho, the University of Alaska (Institute of Arctic Biology and Alaska Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit Service), Argos, and Telonics, Inc. It includes updates on satellite tracking technology along with sensor technology and local user terminals. The authors provide detailed experiences using the Argos system to obtain locational and behavioral data on polar bears, caribou, muskoxen, brown bears, gray wolves, moose, Pacific walrus, and Dall sheep in Alaska and elk and mule deer in the Rocky Mountain region, aiming to help prospective users of satellite telemetry in their research. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tracking Wildlife by Satellite: Current Systems and Performance
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0282327754
• ISBN 13: 9780282327750
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This book gathers studies on wildlife tracking via satellite using the Argos data collection and location system (DCLS) and Tiros-N series satellites. Since 1984, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has employed this system to monitor movements and behaviors of large mammals in Alaska and the Rocky Mountain region. The text summarizes two years of research and development by the Alaska Fish and Wildlife Research Center, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Yellowstone National Park, the Canadian Wildlife Service, the Yukon Department of Renewable Resources, the University of Idaho, the University of Alaska (Institute of Arctic Biology and Alaska Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit Service), Argos, and Telonics, Inc. It includes updates on satellite tracking technology along with sensor technology and local user terminals. The authors provide detailed experiences using the Argos system to obtain locational and behavioral data on polar bears, caribou, muskoxen, brown bears, gray wolves, moose, Pacific walrus, and Dall sheep in Alaska and elk and mule deer in the Rocky Mountain region, aiming to help prospective users of satellite telemetry in their research.