TY  - JOUR
A1  - Hünerbein, Karen von
A1  - Hamann, Hans-Joachim
A1  - Rüter, Eckhard
A1  - Wiltschko, Wolfgang
T1  - A GPS-based system for recording the flight paths of birds
T2  - Naturwissenschaften
N2  - The GPS recorder consists of a GPS receiver board, a logging facility, an antenna, a power supply, a DC-DC converter and a casing. Currently, it has a weight of 33 g. The recorder works reliably with a sampling rate of 1/s and with an operation time of about 3 h, providing time-indexed data on geographic positions and ground speed. The data are downloaded when the animal is recaptured. Prototypes were tested on homing pigeons. The records of complete flight paths with surprising details illustrate the potential of this new method that can be used on a variety of medium-sized and large vertebrates.
KW  - Brieftaube ; Orientierungsverhalten ; Flugdatenregistriergerät ; GPS <Satellitengeodäsie>
Y1  - 2000
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3721
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-17755
VL  - 87
IS  - 6
SP  - 278
EP  - 279
ER  -