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Locomotion dynamics of hunting in wild cheetahs
PaperWilson and colleagues fitted free-ranging cheetahs with custom collars carrying GPS and inertial sensors to capture the biomechanics of hunting in the wild rather than on a track. The data overturned…
Alan M. Wilson, J. C. Lowe, K. Roskilly, P. E. Hudson, K. A. Golabek, J. W. McNutt · Nature · 2013
Research overview: cheetah coalition formation and male dispersal
OverviewCheetah social and spatial organization is unusual among cats: males often form lifelong coalitions, frequently of brothers, while females range solitarily over large areas, and this overview examines…
Research overview: cheetah ranging in Namibian farmland
OverviewNamibia holds one of the largest cheetah populations, much of it on commercial and communal farmland outside protected areas, and this overview synthesizes telemetry research on how cheetahs range acr…
Research overview: dead-reckoning fine-scale path reconstruction
OverviewDead-reckoning reconstructs an animal's detailed path between sparse GPS fixes by integrating heading from a magnetometer with speed inferred from acceleration, producing a continuous trajectory at su…
Research overview: magnetometer and accelerometer fusion for fine-scale hunting behavior
OverviewCombining magnetometers with accelerometers gives biologgers both the orientation and the dynamic motion of an animal's body, enabling unusually detailed reconstruction of hunting behavior. This overv…