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