Combining GPS activity measurements and real-time video recordings to quantify the activity budget of wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

• Main Author: Lyftingsmo, Elise
• Other Authors: Loe, Leif Egil
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2016
• Subjects: Activity; Rangifer; Accelerometer; Animal-borne video; Remote monitoring; Activity budget; Behaviour; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Norway; Skille; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2449765

A resent advancement in the field of movement ecology is the use of GPS activity sensors for the identification of detailed patterns of animal activity. This can potentially yield knowledge about the detailed activity budget of free-ranging elusive animals. The aim of this thesis was to separate beh...