CARNIVORES

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CARNIVORES

• Carnivore Adaptive Research Network in Varied
  Outdoor Remove Environments
• Vladislav Petkov

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Motivation

• Biologists wish to investigate in more detail the
  behavior of coyotes
• Monitor their location
• More importantly, monitor their movement to draw
  up an in depth energy budget for each coyote
• Predators have a large impact on community
  structures around them and with this research we
  will get a clearer picture

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CARNIVORE Tracking Collar Concept

• No recapture required to extract sensor data
  thanks to wireless communication
• GPS for position fixes time synchronization
• 3-axis accelerometer
• SD flash-card for bulk storage
• ZigBee radio
• MSP430 microcontroller

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CARNIVORE Network Infrastructure
802.11 link ZigBee link
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Coyote to base station communication
802.11 link ZigBee link
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The Collar Hardware
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