discussion / Biologging  / 30 May 2018

Animal location and activity tracking devices – could these be useful for conservation studies?

I have been working on sensors for remote tracking of livestock activity and location. They work in enclosed environments or for large areas. It feels like this technology could be very suitable for conservation studies tracking wild animals. Would anyone with experience of tracking animals for conservation research be willing to have a chat? I would be keen to find out what changes I would need to make to the technology to make it applicable for conservation.




Hi!

I am in the process of creating remote tracking devices to study activity and social behavior in lemurs. I would be happy to chat and learn more about your study system / try to offer any insight about tracking devices.

-Meredith 

Lars Holst Hansen
@Lars_Holst_Hansen
Aarhus University
Biologist and Research Technician working with ecosystem monitoring and research at Zackenberg Research Station in Greenland
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LoRa based cattle tracking tags made by Moovement are used for bison in the US by Hila Shamon.

Their biggest limitation as I see it is that they need continous connection to the LoRa stations as they do not log locations.