98th ESA Annual Meeting (August 4 -- 9, 2013)

COS 11 - GPS And Telemetry

Monday, August 5, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
L100B, Minneapolis Convention Center
1:30 PM
Comparison of activity patterns of nutria (Myocastor coypus) between urban pond complexes in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA and Portland, Oregon, USA
Sergio Merino, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Jacoby Carter, US Geological Survey; Trevor R. Sheffels, Portland State University; Mark D. Sytsma, Portland State University
1:50 PM
A comparison of use of tail-mount and collar attachment methods for nutria (Myocastor coypus) telemetry
Jacoby Carter, US Geological Survey; Trevor R. Sheffels, Portland State University; Sergio Merino, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries; Mark D. Sytsma, Portland State University
2:10 PM
A Bayesian kernel density estimator for evaluating animal home range
Christopher T. Rota, University of Missouri; Joshua J. Millspaugh, University of Missouri
2:30 PM
Simple search strategies fail to explain the movement data of grizzly bears, polar bears, and caribou
Marie Auger-Méthé, University of Alberta; Andrew E. Derocher, University of Alberta; Michael J. Plank, University of Canterbury; Edward A. Codling, University of Essex; Craig A. DeMars, University of Alberta; Mark A. Lewis, University of Alberta
2:50 PM
Incorporating remote sensing and environmental data in animal movement research using the Env-DATA system and Movebank
Sarah C. Davidson, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; Gil Bohrer, Ohio State University; Somayeh Dodge, Ohio State University; Rolf Weinzierl, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology; Roland W. Kays, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences; Martin Wikelski, Max Plank Institute for Ornithology
3:10 PM
3:20 PM
The view from a caribou: A collar + GPS + accelerometer + on-board video = extensive data on an elusive species
Anna A. Mosser, University of Guelph; Tal Avgar, University of Alberta; Arthur R. Rodgers, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources; John M. Fryxell, University of Guelph; Ian D. Thompson, Canadian Forest Service
3:40 PM
Estimating population densities from radio-telemetry data for the northern pine snake in New Jersey
Dane C. Ward, Drexel University; Ronald M. Smith, Drexel University; Walter F. Bien, Drexel University
4:00 PM
A novel semi-variance approach to extracting multiple movement modes from animal relocation data
Justin M. Calabrese, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute at the National Zoological Park; Chris H. Fleming, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Thomas Mueller, University of Maryland; Kirk A. Olson, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Peter Leimgruber, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; William F. Fagan, University of Maryland
4:20 PM
Linking statistics of movement to resource dynamics
Chris H. Fleming, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Justin M. Calabrese, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute at the National Zoological Park; Thomas Mueller, University of Maryland; Kirk A. Olson, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; Peter Leimgruber, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute; William F. Fagan, University of Maryland