We hope you'll look to us as your primary resource for radio telemetry information and expertise. At ATS, staying abreast of the latest developments and technological advances in wildlife and fisheries research is part of our commitment to you, the researching biologist or ecologist. To help you do the same, we've listed some of the most up-to-date telemetry related links, reading materials, and other resources below . . .

For more information relating to radio telemetry and tracking, check out the following sites:

Eyes on Wildlife, an organization dedicated to helping educate tracking students, located in ATS’ home state of Minnesota: www.mnstate.edu/regsci/eyes/radio.html

A link to the Itasca Biological Station and Labs, located in Minnesota. ATS’ President, Larry Kuechle, conducts a course in radio telemetry there annually: http://biosci.cbs.umn.edu/itasca/summer/fieldbiocourses/

The African Conservation Society’s remote sensing page: www.africanconservation.org/gisandremotesensingmain.html

An excellent listing of numerous papers given at a recent USGS Forum on Wildlife Telemetry: www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/tools/telemtry/telemtry.htm

The USGS Alaska Science Center-Biological Science Office’s site, featuring a GIS software tool for animal movement: www.absc.usgs.gov/glba/gistools/

The Wildlife Society’s home page: www.wildlife.org

A “Biotelemetry Resource Directory” fromTexas A&M’s Laboratory for Applied Biotelemetry & Biotechnology’s site: www.tamug.tamu.edu/labb/Links.htm

The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s site dedicated to biotelemetry: www.agsci.ubc.ca/gbi/FAO%20Fish%20Telemetry/data_analysis.htm

Here you can find videos of various wildlife surgeries related to telemetry; a page from the USGS’ Wildlife Veterinary Medicine office: www.absc.usgs.gov/research/vet/tximp/TXIMVID2.html

Downloadable software for use in radio telemetry work from one of Colorado State University’s sites: www.cnr.colostate.edu/%7Egwhite/software.html

Ecological software available from the Illinois Natural History Survey’s site: http://nhsbig.inhs.uiuc.edu/wes/home_range.html

Extensions to ArcView for analyzing animal ranging, available from the Center for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research: http://blue.lakeheadu.ca/hre/

The Macaulay Institute’s ( UK) link to the proceedings of the “Tracking Animals with GPS” conference: www.mluri.sari.ac.uk/gps/

Details on a fox squirrel project from a Texas A&M site: http://apc.tamu.edu/squirrel/index.html

Excellent information regarding sedative drug and anesthetic dosages for fish and animals from the University of Nebraska’site: www.unmc.edu/iacuc/guide/appenG8.html

Anesthetic options for fish can be found at the International Veterinary Information Service’s site: www.ivis.org Aqui-S, New Zealand Ltd., the manufacturer of a new anesthetic for fish: www.aqui-s.com

Informative site of the USGS’ Banding and Radio Telemetry Program at the Alaska Science Center: www.absc.usgs.gov/research/Banding/banding_program.htm

Details of Chilkat River salmon radio telemetry study’s under direction of the Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game: www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/Region1/salmon/chilkat.cfm

Standards for Biotelemetry as determined by the provincial government of British Columbia, Canada: http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/risc/pubs/tebiodiv/wildliferadio/index.htm

The Michigan Dept. of Natural Resource’s site with information on radio tracking of Canadian geese: www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12143-70426--,00.html

Bat Conservation and Management, Inc.’s site discusses radio tracking of bats: www.batmanagement.com/Ordering/summerproj/summerprojects.html

Information on a tracking project involving bull trout performed by cooperating federal agencies, including the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and others: www.onizukadesign.com/bulltrout/

More information on aerial tracking of wildlife using light aircraft, provided by New Zealand’s Dept. of Conservation: www.doc.govt.nz/Publications/004~Science-and-Research/DOC-Technical-Series/PDF/docts30.pdf

A paper on Analysis of Radio Telemetry Data, from Colorado State University’s web site: www.cnr.colostate.edu/class_info/fw471/lectures/HomeRangeEstimation1.pdf

A report from the New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation on black bear tracking using GPS collars: www.dec.state.ny.us/website/reg8/wild/blackbearcollars.html

Below are some informative and helpful radiotelemetry papers that have been published. In each case we have listed the publication, the issue and the pages on which the abstract appears. Where possible, we have also included a direct link to the abstract. Otherwise, please contact the publication listed regarding a reprint of the abstract.

Arnemo, J.M., J.D.C. Linnell, S.J. Wedul, B. Ranheim, J. Odden, and R. Andersen. 1999. Use of intraperitoneal radio-transmitters in lynx Lynx lynx kittens: anaesthesia, surgery and behaviour. Wildlife Biology 5:245-250.

Darby, P.C. 1999. Radio transmitter retrieval in wetlands using as magnetic probe. Journal of Field Ornithology 70:587-590 ABSTRACT

Dussault, C R. Courtois, J.-P. Ouellet, and J. Huot. 1999. Evaluation of GPS telemetry collar performance for habitat studies in the boreal forest. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27:965-972.

Essington, T. E., and J. F. Kitchell. 1999. New perspectives in the analysis of fish distributions: a case study on the spatial distribution of largemouth bass (Micropteruis salmoides). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56: 52-60.

Goldman, J., and Swenson, G. W. 1999. Radio wave propogation through woods. IEEE Antennas and Propogation Magazine 41:34-36.

Haramis, G. M., and Kearns. 2000. A radio transmitter attachment technique for soras. Journal of Field Ornithology 71:135-139 ABSTRACT

Newman, S. H., J. Y. Takekawa, D. L. Whitworth, and E. E. Burkett. 1999. Subcutaneous anchor attachment increases retention of radio transmitters on Xantus¹ and marbled murrelets. Journal of Field Ornithology 70:520-534 ABSTRACT

Powel, L. A., M. J. Conroy, J. E. Hines, J. D. Nichols, and D. G. Krementz. 2000. Simultaneous use of mark-capture and radiotelemetry to estimate survival, movement, and capture rates. Journal of Wildlife Management 64:302-313

Swenson, J. E., K. Wallin, G. Ericsson, G. Cederlund, F. Sandegren. 1999. Effects of ear-tagging with radiotransmitters on survival of moose calves. Journal of Wildlife Management 63:354-358*

*ATS can provide an option to the concerns expressed in this paper.

Taylor, J. S., K. E. Church, and D. H. Rusch. 2000. Effects of necklace-versus backpack-mounted radiotransmitters on northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) survival and reproduction in D. Birkan, L. M. Smith, N. J. Aebischer, F. J. Purroy, and P. A. Robertson, editors, Proceedings of the Perdix Vii Symposium on Partridges, Quails and Pheasants, 9-13 Oct. 1995, Dourdan, France. Gibier Faune Sauvage/Game and Wildlife.

Venditti, D. A. and D. W. Rondorf. 2000. Use of Miniature, temperature sensing radio transmitters to estimate the thermal exposure of emigrating Snake River fall chinook salmon. Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Biotelemetry. ABSTRACT