Satellite Monitoring of Black Bear

A feasibility experiment was performed recently to test the use of the Nimbus 3 ILRS System for telemetering environmental and physiological data from the winter den of a hibernating black bear, Ursus americanus. Sensory data collected showed that the temperature in most locations in the den remaine...

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Published in:Bioscience 1971-12, Vol.21 (24), p.1206-1212
Main Authors: Craighead, John J., Craighead, Frank C., Varney, Joel R., Cote, Charles E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambient temperature
Bears
Black bears
Body temperature
Interrogations
Loop antennas
Sensors
Telemetry
Temperature sensors
Transmitters
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Summary:A feasibility experiment was performed recently to test the use of the Nimbus 3 ILRS System for telemetering environmental and physiological data from the winter den of a hibernating black bear, Ursus americanus. Sensory data collected showed that the temperature in most locations in the den remained near freezing. Average temperature in the bear's bed was 24.8 C above outside ambient. Other points were 3-5 C above outside temperature.
ISSN:0006-3568
1525-3244
DOI:10.2307/1296018