Applying a high-precision tracking system to distinguish the spatiotemporal patterns of animal movement in grassland ecology

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109016

	Applying a high-precision tracking system to distinguish the spatiotemporal patterns of animal movement in grassland ecology
	Li, Wenhuai 1; Bakker, Jonathan D.; Li, Yanlong 1; Zheng, Shuxia 3; Li, Frank Yonghong 1
	2021
发表期刊	BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
ISSN	0006-3207
卷号	255
摘要	Spatial heterogeneity in vegetation may derive from variation in animal movement patterns, but these patterns have been difficult to study at the fine spatial and temporal resolutions necessary to relate them to small-scale vegetation patterns. Here, we demonstrated the utility of Ultra-WideBand (UWB) technology to examine animal movement patterns. We evaluated UWB performance in a field setting and illustrated how these data could distinguish movement patterns of different types of livestock during day and night. The data were of high spatial resolution (within 9.7 cm +/- 1.7 cm of actual locations) and high temporal resolution (every second). The positional data clearly demonstrated differential movement patterns between a cow and ewe and between daytime and nighttime. Furthermore, patterns were spatially heterogeneous: the cow spent up to 5% of the day in a single 1 m(2) square and the ewe up to 7.6% of the day in a single square. Over the course of one day, the cow visited about two-thirds of the plot whereas the ewe visited about half of the plot. Our study suggests that UWB technology is a practical tool to describe animal movement at fine spatial and temporal scales. We note some limitations of this technology (battery life, receiver range, and cost) and end by identifying some opportunities for it to improve ecology and conservation, particularly when combined with other data or technologies such as high-resolution vegetation mapping.
关键词	Ultra-wideband technology Selective grazing Livestock distribution Spatial scale Grassland management
学科领域	Biodiversity Conservation ; Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
DOI	10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109016
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
WOS记录号	WOS:000632912900005
出版者	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
文献子类	Article
出版地	OXFORD
EISSN	1873-2917
资助机构	Inner Mongolia University [12000-15031907] ; Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China [2015BAC02B04] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China [32071883, 41671046] ; Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Department of Science and Technology [201601059]
作者邮箱	wenhuai.li@imu.edu.cn ; lifyhong@126.com
引用统计	被引频次：7[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/26773
专题	植被与环境变化国家重点实验室
作者单位	1.Inner Mongolia Univ, Sch Ecol & Environm, Minist Educ, Key Lab Ecol & Resource Use Mongolian Plateau, Hohhot 010021, Peoples R China 2.Inner Mongolia Univ, Sch Ecol & Environm, Inner Mongolia Key Lab Grassland Ecol, Hohhot 010021, Peoples R China 3.Bakker, Jonathan D.] Univ Washington, Sch Environm & Forest Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Li, Wenhuai,Bakker, Jonathan D.,Li, Yanlong,et al. Applying a high-precision tracking system to distinguish the spatiotemporal patterns of animal movement in grassland ecology[J]. BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,2021,255.
APA	Li, Wenhuai,Bakker, Jonathan D.,Li, Yanlong,Zheng, Shuxia,&Li, Frank Yonghong.(2021).Applying a high-precision tracking system to distinguish the spatiotemporal patterns of animal movement in grassland ecology.BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION,255.
MLA	Li, Wenhuai,et al."Applying a high-precision tracking system to distinguish the spatiotemporal patterns of animal movement in grassland ecology".BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION 255(2021).

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