On higher ground: how well can dynamic body acceleration determine speed in variable terrain?

INTRODUCTION: Animal travel speed is an ecologically significant parameter, with implications for the study of energetics and animal behaviour. It is also necessary for the calculation of animal paths by dead-reckoning. Dead-reckoning uses heading and speed to calculate an animal's path through...

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Main Authors: Owen R Bidder, Lama A Qasem, Rory P Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3511514?pdf=render