Motion-Sensitive Radio Collars for Estimating White-Tailed Deer Activity
Beier P and Mccullough DR. 1988. Motion-Sensitive Radio Collars for Estimating White-Tailed Deer Activity. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 52(1):11-13
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.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Beier, Paul; Mccullough, Dale
- Units
- SFCN
- Keywords
- deer behavior, George Reserve, radio collars, Telemetric data, University of Michigan