Solar tracking gives scientists tools to follow small animals .

Now, new, lightweight tracking tags are making small animal tracking feasible. During field testing at the NRS’s Hastings Natural History Reservation, it’s given scientists a whole new perspective on the acorn woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus) they’ve watched for decades. The birds turn out to be a lot more sly and strategic than researchers had long believed.

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/solar-tracking-helps-scientists-follow-small-animals

Posted on 22 de junho de 2017, 04:48 PM by