Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research
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Article Title | Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research |
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ERA Journal ID | 39745 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | 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, Ø., Jørgensen, N. H., Steinheim, G., Cagnacci, F., Kroeschel, M., Kaczensky, P., Buuveibaatar, B., Payne, J. C., Palmegiani, I., Jerina, K., Kjellander, P., Johansson, O., LaPoint, S., Bayrakcismith, R., Linnell, J. D. C., Zaccaroni, M., Jorge, M. L. S., Oshima, J., Songhurst, A., Fischer, C., Mc Bride, R. T., Thompson, J. J., Streif, S., Sandfort, R., Bonenfant, C., Drouilly, M., Klapproth, M., Zinner, D., Yarnell, R., Stronza, A., Wilmott, L., Meisingset, E., Thaker, M., Vanak, A. T., Nicoloso, S., Graeber, R., Said, S., Boudreau, M. R., Devlin, A., Hoogesteijn, R., May-Junior, J., Nifong, J., 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., Periquet, 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, P., 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., Sunde, P., Portas, R., AmbarliI, H., Berzins, R., Kappeler, P. M., Mann, G. K., Pyritz, L., Bisset, C., Grant, T., Steinmetz, R., Swedell, L., Welch, R., Armenteras, D., Bidder, O., Gonza´lez, T., Rosenblatt, A., Kachel, S. and Balkenhol, N. |
Journal Title | PLoS One |
Journal Citation | 14 (5) |
Article Number | e0216223 |
Number of Pages | 26 |
Year | 2019 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216223 |
Web Address (URL) | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0216223 |
Abstract | 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. |
Keywords | satellite telemetry; wild life |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 410407. Wildlife and habitat management |
PubMed ID | 31071155 |
Funder | World Wildlife Fund |
Byline Affiliations | University of Goettingen, Germany |
Bangor University, United Kingdom | |
Nelson Mandela University, South Africa | |
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Norway | |
Office National Chasse Faune Sauvage, France | |
Grenoble Alpes University, France | |
Freelance consultant, Italy | |
University of Freiburg, Germany | |
Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany | |
University of Oslo, Norway | |
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Germany | |
University of Toulouse, France | |
University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria | |
University of Southern Queensland | |
University of Zurich, Switzerland | |
French National Centre for Scientific Research, France | |
Landcare Research, New Zealand | |
University of Cordoba, Spain | |
University of Potsdam, Germany | |
Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Germany | |
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway | |
Edmund Mach Foundation, Italy | |
Forest Research Institute of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany | |
Wildlife Conservation Society, Mongolia | |
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia | |
Swedish University for Agricultural Sciences, Sweden | |
Snow Leopard Trust, United States | |
Max Planck Society, Germany | |
Panthera, United States | |
University of Florence, Italy | |
Vanderbilt University, United States | |
Sao Paulo State University, Brazil | |
Ecoexist, Botswana | |
University of Oxford, United Kingdom | |
Texas A&M University, United States | |
University of Landscape, Engineering and Architecture of Geneva (HEPIA), Switzerland | |
Faro Maro Ecoresearch, Paraguay | |
Guyra Paraguay—CONACYT, Paraguay | |
Instituto Saite, Paraguay | |
Ronin Institute, United States | |
University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria | |
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, France | |
University of Cape Town, South Africa | |
Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Germany | |
Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom | |
Office of Environment and Heritage, New South Wales | |
Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Norway | |
Indian Institute of Science, India | |
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, India | |
Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, India | |
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | |
D.R.E.Am. Italia, Italy | |
Trent University, Canada | |
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, United States | |
University of Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, United States | |
Rhodes University, South Africa | |
University of Mpumalanga, South Africa | |
Ministery of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico, Mexico | |
National Alliance for the Conservation of the Jaguar, Mexico | |
California Polytechnic State University, United States | |
National University of Jujuy, Argentina | |
Tatra National Park, Poland | |
Humboldt State University, United States | |
Cape Leopard Trust, South Africa | |
University of British Columbia, Canada | |
Virginia Tech, United States | |
Department of the Study of the Natural and Agricultural Environment, Belgium | |
Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Belgium | |
Federal University of Goias, Brazil | |
Programa de Conservacao Mamiferos do Cerrado (PCMC), Brazil | |
University of Venda, South Africa | |
Institute for Research and Conservation of Anteaters in Brazil | |
Global Change Research Institute CAS, Czech Republic | |
Wildlife Conservation Society, India | |
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland | |
Macedonian Ecological Society | |
National Hunting and Wildlife Office, France | |
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation, Mexico | |
French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety, France | |
Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland | |
Aarhus University, Denmark | |
Duzce University, Turkey | |
WWF, Thailand | |
City University of New York, United States | |
National University of Colombia, Colombia | |
University of California, United States | |
University of North Florida, United States | |
University of Washington, United States |
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