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Daily cattle herd movements in the Logone Floodplain, Cameroon
Daily cattle herd movements in the Logone Floodplain, Cameroon
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2018-04-23
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Moritz M. 2018. Daily cattle herd movements in the Logone Floodplain, Cameroon. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.qr133162/1Abstract
GPS technology allows researchers to examine questions about pastoral mobility at multiple spatiotemporal scales, from daily herd movements to annual transhumance orbits. We examined whether the movements of one animal are representative of the behavior of other animals in the herd, i.e., whether it is possible to track one animal in a herd for studies of pastoralist movements. We examined this question by putting GPS trackers on multiple animals in two different herds. Our study shows that despite the complexities of the interplay between herders’ management and cattle’s social behavior, tracking one animal with GPS is a valid method to study movements and grazing behavior of an entire cattle herd in mobile pastoral systems.
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Africa,animal movement,animal tracking,Bos taurus,Cameroon,cattle,grazing pressure,livestock,pastoral mobility,pastoral systems,Zebu
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@misc{001/1_qr133162/1, title = {Daily cattle herd movements in the Logone Floodplain, Cameroon}, author = {Moritz, M}, year = {2018}, URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.qr133162/1}, doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.qr133162/1}, publisher = {Movebank data repository} }
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TY - DATA ID - doi:10.5441/001/1.qr133162/1 T1 - Daily cattle herd movements in the Logone Floodplain, Cameroon AU - Moritz, Mark Y1 - 2018/04/23 KW - Africa KW - animal movement KW - animal tracking KW - Bos taurus KW - Cameroon KW - cattle KW - grazing pressure KW - livestock KW - pastoral mobility KW - pastoral systems KW - Zebu KW - Bos taurus PB - Movebank data repository UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.qr133162/1 DO - doi:10.5441/001/1.qr133162/1 ER -