Scott Loarie, Rudi van Aarde and Stuart Pimm

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Remote Sensing and African Elephant Management
Scott Loarie, Rudi van Aarde and Stuart Pimm
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Wildlife Tracking - GPS Telemetry
GPS and VISTAR
5m spatial accuracy Fixes every 1 to 24
hours For 2 years
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Remotely Sensed Datasets - ETM
LANDSAT 7
30m spatial resolution 450-520 nm 520-600
nm 450-520 nm 760-900 nm 155-175 nm 208-235
nm 14.1 revolutions per day 185km swath

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Remotely Sensed Datasets - TRMM
Merged HQ/Infrared Precipitation - 1km spatial
resolution - 3 hour temporal resolution
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Remotely Sensed Datasets MODIS
TERRA
250m spatial resolution 620-670 nm 841-876
nm 14.57 revolutions per day 1200km swath
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Seasonal Ranging Patterns
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Seasonal Ranging Patterns
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Seasonal Ranging Patterns
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Seasonal Ranging Patterns
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Seasonal Ranging Patterns
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Seasonal Ranging Patterns
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ETM Derived Landscape Features
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ETM Derived Landscape Features
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ETM Derived Landscape Features
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Selection for Green Landscapes
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Selection for Green Landscapes
Elephants occupy the greenest landscapes
particularly during the dry season
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Selection for Characteristic Vegetation
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Selection for Characteristic Vegetation
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Selection for Characteristic Vegetation
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Selection for Characteristic Vegetation
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Selection for Characteristic Vegetation
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