Consumer-grade GPS units are a staple of modern field ecology, but the relatively
large error radii reported by manufacturers (up to 10 m) ostensibly precludes their
utility in measuring fine-scale movement of small animals such as insects. Here
we demonstrate that for data collected at fine spatio-temporal scales, these devices...
Consumer-grade GPS units are a staple of modern field ecology, but the relatively
large error radii reported by manufacturers (up to 10 m) ostensibly precludes their
utility in measuring fine-scale movement of small animals such as insects. Here
we demonstrate that for data collected at fine spatio-temporal scales, these devices...
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31 July 2015
Published 20 August 2015
Corresponding author
GregA. Breed, gabreed@alaska.edu
Consumer-grade GPS units are a staple of modern field ecology, but the relatively large error radii reported by manufacturers (up to 10 m) ostensibly precludes their utility in measuring fine-scale movement of small animals such as insects. Here we demonstrate that for data collected at fine spatio-temporal scales, these devices...
Stressors associated with human activities interact in complex ways to affect marine ecosystems,
yet we lack spatially explicit assessments of cumulative impacts on ecologically and
economically key components such as marine predators. Here we develop a metric of
cumulative utilization and impact (CUI) on marine predators by combining electronic tracking...
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cumulative utilization and impact. Climate cumulative utilization and impact (CUI) for
(a) all species
Stressors associated with human activities interact in complex ways to affect marine ecosystems,
yet we lack spatially explicit assessments of cumulative impacts on ecologically and
economically key components such as marine predators. Here we develop a metric of
cumulative utilization and impact (CUI) on marine predators by combining electronic tracking...
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, Steven J. Bograd5, Benjamin S. Halpern7,8, GregA. Breed9,
Barry Nickel10, Nicole M. Teutschel11, Larry
Stressors associated with human activities interact in complex ways to affect marine ecosystems, yet we lack spatially explicit assessments of cumulative impacts on ecologically and economically key components such as marine predators. Here we develop a metric of cumulative utilization and impact (CUI) on marine predators by combining electronic tracking...
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