Automated Animal Telemetry for Quail Ridge Reserve

鹌鹑岭保护区的自动动物遥测

• 批准号: 0829502
• 负责人: Marilyn Ramenofsky
• 金额: $ 19.5万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0829502&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Automated; Animal; Telemetry; Quail; Ridge

The University of California Davis is awarded a grant to acquire and deploy specialized receiver/antenna units that will enable automated animal telemetry at the Quail Ridge Natural Reserve using the existing wireless communications towers. The project will also enhance the wireless communications at the UC Davis West Campus Reserve (Putah Creek) and establish a compatible telemetry receiver network at that site. The proposed system is compatible with a diverse range of available radio transmitter devices and will allow researchers visiting the sites to pursue continuous, real-time animal movement and physiological studies that would be technically difficult or impossible in settings without an extensive off-grid communications infrastructure. A key objective of the automated telemetry program at Quail Ridge will be the integration of animal movement information from the reserve into the NSF-funded Movebank database.Automated animal telemetry systems provide an unparalleled opportunity to study animal movement, interaction, and physiology. With such systems, signals from tiny transmitters attached to individuals are detected by a network of receivers, which interpret signal strength and direction to determine real-time animal location and activity; the transmitters may also communicate physiological parameters such as body temperature and heart rate. Data collected by the network are then streamed to the web, where researchers, instructors and students have instant access. In spite of the enormous potential of automated telemetry networks, very few operational systems exist. The daunting investment necessary to establish such a system, given the challenges of constructing receiver towers, providing electric power, and building a functional communications network in a remote setting, has greatly limited their implementation.

加利福尼亚大学戴维斯分校获得了收购和部署专业接收器/天线单元的赠款，该单元将使用现有的无线通信塔在Quail Ridge自然保护区启用自动动物遥测。该项目还将在加州大学戴维斯分校西部校园保护区（Putah Creek）上增强无线通信，并在该站点建立兼容的遥测接收器网络。所提出的系统与各种可用的无线电发射器设备兼容，并将允许参观站点的研究人员继续进行连续的，实时的动物运动和生理研究，而在没有广泛的离网基础架构的情况下，在技术上很难或不可能。 Quail Ridge自动遥测计划的一个关键目标是将动物运动信息从保护区的整合到NSF资助的MoveBank数据库中。自动动物遥测系统为研究动物运动，相互作用和生理学提供了无与伦比的机会。使用此类系统，接收器网络检测到附属于个人的微小发射器的信号，该网络解释了信号强度和方向以确定实时动物位置和活动；发射器还可以传达生理参数，例如体温和心率。然后将网络收集的数据流传输到网络，研究人员，讲师和学生可以立即访问。尽管自动遥测网络具有巨大的潜力，但很少有操作系统。鉴于在远程环境中构建接收器塔，提供电力并构建功能通信网络的挑战，建立这种系统的艰巨投资极大地限制了其实施。