In 1990, a joint effort of two U.S. federal agencies, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, began. We initially joined forces in a project that used satellite telemetry to discover the winter home of a tiny dwindling population of Siberian Cranes. Since then several projects have emerged, and a web site was created to follow some of these activities. This web site is called the Satellite Tracking of Threatened Species and its location is http://sdcd.gsfc.nasa.gov/ISTO/satellite_tracking. It describes the overall program, and links you to three subsections that describe the projects in more detail: Satellite Direct Readout, Birdtracks, and Birdworld.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Title | Satellite tracking of threatened species |
| Authors | M. Williams, A. Lunsford, D. Ellis, J. Robinson, P. Coronado, W. Campbell |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Argos Newsletter |
| Index ID | 5223795 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |