Motion-Sensitive Radio Collars for Estimating White-Tailed Deer Activity
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in The Journal of Wildlife Management
- Vol. 52 (1) , 11-13
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3801049
Abstract
Telemetric data from radio-collared white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were compared to concurrent visual observations of deer behavior to evaluate accuracy of telemetrically determined behavior. A 2-channel telemetric pattern of constant amplitude and head-up tip-switch position reliably indicated bedded deer in most cases. Variable amplitude and other tip-switch positions indicated active deer but specific activity could not be distinguished by our system. In 3 of 196 cases (98% correct) an active deer was erroneously classified as bedded. In 1 of 27 cases (96% correct) a bedded deer was classified as active.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Reliability of Motion-Sensitive Radio Collars for Estimating Activity of Black-Tailed DeerThe Journal of Wildlife Management, 1985
- Seasonal Activity Budgets and Movements of a Reintroduced Alaskan Muskox HerdThe Journal of Wildlife Management, 1982