a 2010

BAARA Biological AutomAted RAdiotelemetry system: New technology in ecological fiel studies

JEDLIČKA, Petr, Martin ČÍŽEK, Šimon ŘEŘUCHA and Tomáš BARTONIČKA

Basic information

Original name

BAARA Biological AutomAted RAdiotelemetry system: New technology in ecological fiel studies

Name in Czech

BAARA biologický automatický radiotelemetrický systém: nová technologie v ekologických studiích

Authors

JEDLIČKA, Petr (203 Czech Republic), Martin ČÍŽEK (203 Czech Republic), Šimon ŘEŘUCHA (203 Czech Republic) and Tomáš BARTONIČKA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

15th International Bat Research Conference, 2010

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14330/10:00040574

Organization unit

Faculty of Informatics

ISBN

978-80-87154-46-5

Keywords in English

baara bats
Změněno: 21/12/2010 16:13, Mgr. Šimon Řeřucha, Ph.D.

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

Radiotelemetry became an important and often the only possible method to explore specific habits and behaviour of animals, but it has proven to be very demanding and time consuming especially when frequent positioning is required. Our aim was to address this issue by making the process partially automated in order to mitigate the demands and related costs. We have designed and developed a new telemetry system called BAARA (Biological AutomAted RAdiotelemetry system). It consists of two principal components - a tag with transmitter and a tracking station. A set of the tracking stations is deployed in target area and after installation each station picks up signals from transmitters and estimates a distance and direction to the signal source (tagged animal). This information is stored together with a time stamp to a persistent memory so that the log can be later downloaded for further analyses. The station is capable to track up to 30 transmitters on different frequency channels in a sequence with period of 10-20 seconds per channel. An ordinary transmitter that fits within supported frequency band might be used with BAARA, an extra option is usage of concurrently developed programmable transmitter with optimized performance and possibility to customize operational parameters such as precise frequency channel, active duty periods or the transmission parameters. BAARA has been tested within fieldwork explorations of Rousettus aegyptiacus on Cyprus where five stations were deployed on nine spots to cover an area of 80 km2 during three weeks. It has shown that effective range is approximately 1 - 1.5 kilometers depending on terrain profile. Of 24 tagged animals approximately 4000 of location fixes were recorded (compared to 500 from manual telemetry). The study was supported by grants IAA601110905, MSM0021622416.

In Czech

BAARA biologický automatický radiotelemetrický systém: nová technologie v ekologických studiích

Links

IAA601110905, research and development project
Name: Evoluční biogeografie kaloně Rousettus aegyptiacus ve středozemní oblasti.
Investor: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Evolutionary biogeography of a fruit-bat, Rousettus aegyptiacus, in the Mediterranean region
MSM0021622416, plan (intention)
Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time