Capture and Radio-collaring
In a massive effort, 26 individuals across 4 species of large carnivores were radio collared (Fig 1) and monitored from years 2014-18. The animals were fitted with different collars and varying inter-fix intervals (Table 1).
The GPS data was downloaded from satellite links (Iridium and Globalstar) as well as UHF ground download receiver. The animals were intensively tracked in field daily using VHF ground tracking. For the analysis, the inter-fix interval data was homogenized to hourly inter-fix interval (Abrahms, 2007).
Table 1 Species characteristics, habitats and type of collars used to study movement of 4 large carnivores in India