Categorising cheetah behaviour using tri-axial accelerometer data loggers: a comparison of model resolution and data logger performance.

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Background

Extinction is one of the greatest threats to the living world, endangering organisms globally, advancing conservation to the forefront of species research. To maximise the efficacy of conservation efforts, understanding the ecological, physiological, and behavioural requirements of vulnerable species is vital. Technological advances, particularly in remote sensing, enable researchers to continuously monitor movement and behaviours of multiple individuals simultaneously with minimal human intervention. Cheetahs, Acinonyx jubatus, constitute a "vulnerable" species for which only coarse behaviours have been elucidated. The aims of this study were to use animal-attached accelerometers to (1) determine fine-scale behaviours in cheetahs, (2) compare the performances of differe

SUBMITTER: McGowan NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8818224 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature