The BAARA (Biological AutomAted RAdiotracking) System: A New
Approach in Ecological Field Studies

J 2015

The BAARA (Biological AutomAted RAdiotracking) System: A New Approach in Ecological Field Studies

ŘEŘUCHA, Šimon, Tomáš BARTONIČKA, Petr JEDLIČKA, Martin ČÍŽEK, Ondřej HLOUŠA et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

The BAARA (Biological AutomAted RAdiotracking) System: A New Approach in Ecological Field Studies

Autoři

ŘEŘUCHA, Šimon (203 Česká republika, garant), Tomáš BARTONIČKA (203 Česká republika, domácí), Petr JEDLIČKA (203 Česká republika), Martin ČÍŽEK (203 Česká republika), Ondřej HLOUŠA (203 Česká republika), Radek LUČAN (203 Česká republika) a Ivan HORÁČEK (203 Česká republika)

Vydání

PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, 2015, 1932-6203

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 3.057

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/15:00080493

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116785

UT WoS

000350168700024

Klíčová slova anglicky

automated radiotracking bats telemetry

Štítky

AKR, rivok

Změněno: 19. 2. 2018 10:40, doc. Mgr. Tomáš Bartonička, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Radiotracking is an important and often the only possible method to explore specific habits and the behaviour of animals, but it has proven to be very demanding and time-consuming, especially when frequent positioning of a large group is required. Our aim was to address this issue by making the process partially automated, to mitigate the demands and related costs. This paper presents a novel automated tracking system that consists of a network of automated tracking stations deployed within the target area. Each station reads the signals from telemetry transmitters, estimates the bearing and distance of the tagged animals and records their position. The station is capable of tracking a theoretically unlimited number of transmitters on different frequency channels with the period of 5–15 seconds per single channel. An ordinary transmitter that fits within the supported frequency band might be used with BAARA (Biological AutomAted RAdiotracking); an extra option is the use of a customprogrammable transmitter with configurable operational parameters, such as the precise frequency channel or the transmission parameters. This new approach to a tracking system was tested for its applicability in a series of field and laboratory tests. BAARA has been tested within fieldwork explorations of Rousettus aegyptiacus during field trips to Dakhla oasis in Egypt. The results illustrate the novel perspective which automated radiotracking opens for the study of spatial behaviour, particularly in addressing topics in the domain of population ecology.

Návaznosti

IAA601110905, projekt VaV

Název: Evoluční biogeografie kaloně Rousettus aegyptiacus ve středozemní oblasti.

Investor: Akademie věd ČR, Evoluční biogeografie kaloně Rousettus aegyptiacus ve středozemní oblasti

Citovat

ŘEŘUCHA, Šimon, Tomáš BARTONIČKA, Petr JEDLIČKA, Martin ČÍŽEK, Ondřej HLOUŠA, Radek LUČAN a Ivan HORÁČEK. The BAARA (Biological AutomAted RAdiotracking) System: A New Approach in Ecological Field Studies. PLOS ONE. Public Library of Science, 2015, roč. 10, č. 2, s. "nestránkováno", 19 s. ISSN 1932-6203. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116785.

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ŘEŘUCHA, Šimon, Tomáš BARTONIČKA, Petr JEDLIČKA, Martin ČÍŽEK, Ondřej HLOUŠA, Radek LUČAN a Ivan HORÁČEK. The BAARA (Biological AutomAted RAdiotracking) System: A New Approach in Ecological Field Studies. \textit{PLOS ONE}. Public Library of Science, 2015, roč.~10, č.~2, s.~''nestránkováno'', 19 s. ISSN~1932-6203. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116785.

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