From VHF to Satellite GPS Collars: Advancements in Snow Leopard Telemetry

摘要: Snow leopards occur at low densities and inhabit an extremely inhospitable environment. Effectively studying a species like this is best done through the use of telemetry. The first telemetry studies snow leopard occurred in 1980s 1990s using VHF (very high frequency) technology. Although these began to provide new insights into ecology leopards, it also had significant limitations was far from perfect tool. advent satellite-based 1990s, however, revolutionize research species. For time, with increasing effectiveness, researchers were not obligated gather data arduous often fruitless hours days fieldwork. Over GPS (global positioning system) satellite collars became norm, they are increasingly accurate sophisticated. They have enabled now vast amounts high-quality time- resource-efficient ways, less disruptive collared animal that earlier