TELEMETRY TOOLS
These three programs are Share-ware programs developed by scientists
for their own use and now available to others in the field. Of course
it is only proper to acknowledge the use of these programs in
publications -- it gives credit to the developers and helps other
scientists analyze their own data.
TELEM88
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is most useful for triangulating telemetry data.
It has graphing and plotting capacity but is user unfriendly. I recommend
using Calhome or Arc/View for graphics. If you run TELEM88 through Windows
95 or 98, some extra garbage will appear on the screen, but the program
works fine. This program will not work unless you are meticulous about
your input data: in the right columns, in the right format, and in
increasing order (animal type, animal number, dates, and station locations).
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The author requests a $20 donation for advice on how to run the program:
JOHN COLEMAN, Dept. of Wildlife Ecology, Russell Labs, U. of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI 53706, Tel: (608) 262-1984 or (608) 238-9642
Citation:
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Coleman, J. S. and Jones, A. B. III. 1988. User's guide to TELEM88:
Computer analysis system for radio-telemetry data. Dept. of Fisheries
and Wildlife, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Blacksburg, VA. Research Series No.1 . 49pp.
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CALHOME
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produces amazingly quick analyses of Home Range:
Minimum Convex Polygon, Harmonic Mean, Adaptive Kernal and Bivariate Normal.
It also produces very quick plots. With newer printers, expect compatibility
problems with printing the plots. Programs that capture screens and windows
will be helpful.
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The author requests that users register, if only to be notified of updated versions:
JOHN G. KIE, Forestry Sciences Lab,
2081 East Sierra Avenue, Fresno, CA 93710, (209) 487-5589
Citation:
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Kie, J.G., J.A. Baldwin, & C.J. Evans. 1996. CALHOME: a program for
estimating animal home ranges. Wildlife Society Bulletin 24:342-344.
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NOREMARK
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uses
mark-resighting data to estimate population size.
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Citation:
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White, G.C. 1996. NOREMARK: population estimation from mark-resight surveys.
Wildlife Society Bulletin 24-50-52.
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Brief Introduction to Radio-Telemetry
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