Ultra-light photosensor collars to monitor Arctic lemming activity

• Published in: Animal Biotelemetry
• Main Authors: Bolduc, David, Fauteux, Dominique, Bharucha, Éric, Trudeau, Jean-Marie, Legagneux, Pierre
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2022
• Subjects: Methodology; Arctic; Burrows; Bylot Island; Cambridge Bay; Canada; Nunavut; Arctic Lemming
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9552731/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s40317-022-00302-1

BACKGROUND: Studying the anti-predatory behavior of mammals represents an important challenge, especially for fossorial small mammals that hide in burrows. In the Arctic, such behaviors are critical to the survival of lemmings considering that predation risks are high every summer. Because detailed...