WildTrack: An IoT System for Tracking Passive-RFID Microchipped Wildlife for Ecology Research

Wildlife tracking is used to acquire information on the movement, behaviour and survival of animals in their natural habitat for a wide range of ecological questions. However, tracking and monitoring free-ranging animals in the field is typically labour-intensive and particularly difficult in specie...

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Published in:Automation (Basel) 2022-09, Vol.3 (3), p.426-438
Main Authors: Ross, Robert, Anderson, Ben, Bienvenu, Brian, Scicluna, Emily L., Robert, Kylie A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accuracy
Animals
Antennas
automated wildlife tracking
Automation
Body size
Cameras
Ecological research
Field study
Hair
Internet of Things
microchip
Radio frequency identification
radio tracking
radiotelemetry
Receivers & amplifiers
Satellites
Semiconductors
Sensors
Tracking systems
Transmitters
Wildlife habitats
wildlife monitoring
wireless sensor network
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Summary:Wildlife tracking is used to acquire information on the movement, behaviour and survival of animals in their natural habitat for a wide range of ecological questions. However, tracking and monitoring free-ranging animals in the field is typically labour-intensive and particularly difficult in species that are small, cryptic, or hard to re-capture. In this paper, we describe and evaluate an Internet-of-Things (IoT)-based tracking system which automatically logs detected passive RFID tags and uploads them to the cloud. This system was successfully evaluated with 90 sensor modules deployed in a 30 ha wildlife sanctuary to monitor a small nocturnal mammal of less than 20 g in body size.
ISSN:2673-4052
2673-4052
DOI:10.3390/automation3030022