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Research pointer

  • 22-12-2009 8:58pm
    #1
    dexty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭


    Hi all, I'd be grateful for any pointers on this one. I would like to research the wild foxes in our area. Basically where they go, what area they cover etc etc. So I want to do tracking research on them probably using a GPS collar similar to studies done on geese and wolfs that are on the net. Would anyone have any idea how i'd go about getting some funding for this, or research/wildlife organizations that would be interested in working with me on it? Or even where I could get some equipment that may no longer be used from previous research? I have done quite a bit of research projects before up to MSc level so am used to that,

    Many thanks

    Regards, D


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  • #2
    210
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    There was a very interesting programme on recently where Chris peckham(of autumwatch) talked about doing research on badgers some years ago where he looked at the teritorial boundaries of two groups. What he did was to lay down feed for the badgers with small inert coloured plastic markers(small pellets) in the food. One colour say red was given to one group and another colour blue pellets were hidden in the food of the other group. He then worked out the areas used by each group by examining the colours of pellets in dung deposits and plotting his results. Very low tec approach but seemed to work well.


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