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Abstract
Using GIS and Satellite Received Transmitters to Visualize Avian Migration
Track: Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management
Author(s): Jack Cibor, Linda Schueck, James Dayton
Combining the technologies of Satellite-Received Transmitters and GIS can provide a new insight into the migrational movements of a wide variety of wildlife. The transmitters enable scientists the ability to track animals anywhere on earth to within a couple of hundred meters, while GIS provides the ability to visualize this migration data in the context of various environmental conditions, from land cover to topography to weather. Avian migration is a particularly useful application of these technologies because the speed at and distance to which these animals travel on migration often makes them difficult to monitor. Wildlife also often travesl into areas that may otherwise be inaccessible, prohibiting monitoring.
Jack Cibor
Center for Conservation Research and Technology
Room 105 TRC Building
5200 Westland Blvd.
Baltimore, MD 21227
USA
Phone: 410-455-8046
Fax: 410-455-8041
E-mail: jcibor1@umbc.edu