TY - JOUR A1 - Hofman, Maarten P. G. A1 - Hayward, M. W. A1 - Heim, M. A1 - Marchand, P. A1 - Rolandsen, C. M. A1 - Mattisson, Jenny A1 - Urbano, F. A1 - Heurich, M. A1 - Mysterud, A. A1 - Melzheimer, J. A1 - Morellet, N. A1 - Voigt, Ulrich A1 - Allen, B. L. A1 - Gehr, Benedikt A1 - Rouco Zufiaurre, Carlos A1 - Ullmann, Wiebke A1 - Holand, O. A1 - Jorgensen, n H. A1 - Steinheim, G. A1 - Cagnacci, F. A1 - Kroeschel, M. A1 - Kaczensky, P. A1 - Buuveibaatar, B. A1 - Payne, J. C. A1 - Palmegiani, I A1 - Jerina, K. A1 - Kjellander, P. A1 - Johansson, O. A1 - LaPoint, S. A1 - Bayrakcismith, R. A1 - Linnell, J. D. C. A1 - Zaccaroni, M. A1 - Jorge, M. L. S. A1 - Oshima, J. E. F. A1 - Songhurst, A. A1 - Fischer, C. A1 - Mc Bride, R. T. A1 - Thompson, J. J. A1 - Streif, S. A1 - Sandfort, R. A1 - Bonenfant, Christophe A1 - Drouilly, M. A1 - Klapproth, M. A1 - Zinner, Dietmar A1 - Yarnell, Richard A1 - Stronza, A. A1 - Wilmott, L. A1 - Meisingset, E. A1 - Thaker, Maria A1 - Vanak, A. T. A1 - Nicoloso, S. A1 - Graeber, R. A1 - Said, S. A1 - Boudreau, M. R. A1 - Devlin, A. A1 - Hoogesteijn, R. A1 - May-Junior, J. A. A1 - Nifong, J. C. A1 - Odden, J. A1 - Quigley, H. B. A1 - Tortato, F. A1 - Parker, D. M. A1 - Caso, A. A1 - Perrine, J. A1 - Tellaeche, C. A1 - Zieba, F. A1 - Zwijacz-Kozica, T. A1 - Appel, C. L. A1 - Axsom, I A1 - Bean, W. T. A1 - Cristescu, B. A1 - Periquet, S. A1 - Teichman, K. J. A1 - Karpanty, S. A1 - Licoppe, A. A1 - Menges, V A1 - Black, K. A1 - Scheppers, Thomas L. A1 - Schai-Braun, S. C. A1 - Azevedo, F. C. A1 - Lemos, F. G. A1 - Payne, A. A1 - Swanepoel, L. H. A1 - Weckworth, B. A1 - Berger, A. A1 - Bertassoni, Alessandra A1 - McCulloch, G. A1 - Sustr, P. A1 - Athreya, V A1 - Bockmuhl, D. A1 - Casaer, J. A1 - Ekori, A. A1 - Melovski, D. A1 - Richard-Hansen, C. A1 - van de Vyver, D. A1 - Reyna-Hurtado, R. A1 - Robardet, E. A1 - Selva, N. A1 - Sergiel, A. A1 - Farhadinia, M. S. A1 - Sunde, P. A1 - Portas, R. A1 - Ambarli, Hüseyin A1 - Berzins, R. A1 - Kappeler, P. M. A1 - Mann, G. K. A1 - Pyritz, L. A1 - Bissett, C. A1 - Grant, T. A1 - Steinmetz, R. A1 - Swedell, Larissa A1 - Welch, R. J. A1 - Armenteras, D. A1 - Bidder, O. R. A1 - Gonzalez, T. M. A1 - Rosenblatt, A. A1 - Kachel, S. A1 - Balkenhol, N. T1 - Right on track? BT - Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research JF - PLoS one N2 - 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. Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216223 SN - 1932-6203 VL - 14 IS - 5 PB - PLoS CY - San Fransisco ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heim, D. M. A1 - Heim, Olga A1 - Zeng, P. A. A1 - Zheng, Jeffrey T1 - Successful Creation of Regular Patterns in Variant Maps from Bat Echolocation Calls JF - Variant Construction from Theoretical Foundation to Applications N2 - We created variant maps based on bat echolocation call recordings and outline here the transformation process and describe the resulting visual features. The maps show regular patterns while characteristic features change when bat call recording properties change. By focusing on specific visual features, we found a set of projection parameters which allowed us to classify the variant maps into two distinct groups. These results are promising indicators that variant maps can be used as basis for new echolocation call classification algorithms. KW - Echolocation KW - Algorithms KW - Morphometry KW - Fourier KW - Analysis KW - Quaternions Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-981-13-2282-2 SN - 978-981-13-2281-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2282-2_25 SP - 391 EP - 400 PB - Springer CY - Singapore ER -