Marking and radio-tracking primates

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139165105.012

10 - Marking and radio-tracking primates

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012

Paul E. Honess and

David W. Macdonald

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Joanna M. Setchell and

Deborah J. Curtis

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Paul E. Honess: Affiliation:
University of Oxford
David W. Macdonald: Affiliation:
University of Oxford
Joanna M. Setchell: Affiliation:
University of Surrey, Roehampton
Deborah J. Curtis: Affiliation:
University of Surrey, Roehampton

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INTRODUCTION

Although the past two decades have seen a revolution in many aspects of field biology due to advances in radio-tracking and telemetry, including the development of satellite and Global Positioning System (GPS) technology, these techniques have been applied less to primates than to other orders of mammals or to vertebrates in general (Casperd, 1992). A comprehensive account of animal tagging, or even of radio-tagging, would warrant a book in itself, but here we aim to draw the attention of primatologists to the advances in this family of techniques. We review a number of important studies of primates that have used them, and introduce the practicalities involved. The reader considering the use of these techniques should advance no further without exploring the wider, and vast, literature associated with radio-tracking other mammals. General reviews of radio-tracking are presented in Amlaner & Macdonald (1980), Kenward (2001), and Millspaugh & Marzluff (2001) (see ‘List of suppliers and useful Internet sites’ at the end of this chapter).

The term ‘radio-tracking’ is correctly applied only to the use of radio-transmitters and receivers to record location information. Traditionally, most field biologists have used VHF (very high frequency) or UHF (ultra high frequency) radio-tracking transmitters, but recently there has been a rapid growth in satellite tracking systems and associated technology (Chapter 4). ‘Biotelemetry’ is, strictly, the remote measurement of biological, particularly physiological, data (e.g. heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, brain wave activity) (Amlaner, 1978; Chapter 18).

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Information: Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology
A Practical Guide
, pp. 158 - 173

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139165105.012 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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