Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research

0517779 - ÚVGZ 2020 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Hofman, M.P.G. - Hayward, M. W. - Heim, M. - Marchand, P. - Rolandsen, C. M. - Mattisson, J. - Urbano, F. - Heurich, M. - Mysterud, A. - Melzheimer, J. - Morellet, N. - Voigt, U. - Allen, B. L. - Gehr, B. - Rouco, C. - Ullmann, W. - Holand, O. - Jørgensen, N. H. - Steinheim, G. - Cagnacci, F. - Kroeschel, M. - Kaczensky, P. - Buuveibaatar, B. - Payne, J. C. - Palmegiani, I. - Jerina, K. - Kjellander, P. - Johansson, O. - LaPointe, S. - Bayrakcismith, R. - Linnell, J. D. C. - Zaccaroni, M. - Jorge, M. L.S. - Oshima, J. E.F. - Songhurst, A. - Fischer, C. - Mc Bride, R. T. - Thompson, J. J. - Streif, S. - Sandfort, R. - Bonenfant, Ch. - Drouilly, M. - Klapproth, M. - Zinner, D. - Yarnell, R. - Stronza, A. - Wilmott, L. - Meisingset, E. - Thaker, M. - Vanak, A. T. - Nicoloso, S. - Graeber, R. - Saïd, S. - Boudreau, M. R. - Devlin, A. - Hoogesteijn, R. - May-Junior, J. A. - Nifong, J. C. - Odden, J. - Quigley, H. B. - Tortato, F. - Parker, D. M. - Caso, A. - Perrine, J. - Tellaeche, C. - Zieba, F. - Zwijacz-Kozica, T. - Appel, C. L. - Axsom, I. - Bean, W. T. - Cristescu, B. - Périquet, S. - Teichman, K. J. - Karpanty, S. - Licoppe, A. - Menges, V. - Black, K. - Scheppers, T. L. - Schai-Braun, S. C. - Azevedo, F. C. - Lemos, F. G. - Payne, A. - Swanepoel, L. H. - Weckworth, B. V. - Berger, A. - Bertassoni, A. - McCulloch, G. - Šustr, Pavel - Athreya, V. - Bockmuhl, D. - Casaer, J. - Ekori, A. - Melovski, D. - Richard-Hansen, C. - Van De Vyver, D. - Reyna-Hurtado, R. - Robardet, E. - Selva, N. - Sergiel, A. - Farhadinia, M. S.
Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research.
PLoS ONE. Roč. 14, č. 5 (2019), s. 1-26, č. článku e0216223. ISSN 1932-6203. E-ISSN 1932-6203
Výzkumná infrastruktura: CzeCOS II - 90061
Institucionální podpora: RVO:86652079
Klíčová slova: GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM * GPS-TELEMETRY * COLLAR PERFORMANCE * FIX SUCCESS * R PACKAGE * HABITAT * BEHAVIOR * SELECTION * LOCATION * PATTERNS
Obor OECD: Remote sensing
Impakt faktor: 2.740, rok: 2019
Způsob publikování: Open access
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0216223

Satellite telemetry is an increasingly utilized technology in wildlife research, and current devices can track individual animal movements at unprecedented spatial and temporal resolutions. However, as we enter the golden age of satellite telemetry, we need an in-depth understanding of the main technological, species-specific and environmental factors that determine the success and failure of satellite tracking devices across species and habitats. Here, we assess the relative influence of such factors on the ability of satellite telemetry units to provide the expected amount and quality of data by analyzing data from over 3,000 devices deployed on 62 terrestrial species in 167 projects worldwide. We evaluate the success rate in obtaining GPS fixes as well as in transferring these fixes to the user and we evaluate failure rates. Average fix success and data transfer rates were high and were generally better predicted by species and unit characteristics, while environmental characteristics influenced the variability of performance. However, 48% of the unit deployments ended prematurely, half of them due to technical failure. Nonetheless, this study shows that the performance of satellite telemetry applications has shown improvements over time, and based on our findings, we provide further recommendations for both users and manufacturers.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0303061