Radio Transmitter Implantation and Movement in the Wild Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 591-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa L. Hale ◽  
Brian MacGowan ◽  
Lorraine Corriveau ◽  
David C. Huse ◽  
Andrea F. T. Currylow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crotalus Horridus ◽  
Timber Rattlesnake ◽  
Radio Transmitter ◽  
In The Wild

Remote monitoring of the behaviour and activity of captive southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons)

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsay A. Hogan ◽  
Clive J. C. Phillips ◽  
Allan Lisle ◽  
Alan B. Horsup ◽  
Tina Janssen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Circadian Rhythm ◽  
Video Surveillance ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Behavioural Ecology ◽  
Radio Transmitter ◽  
Rest Periods ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Radio Transmitters ◽  
One Year

The nocturnal nature of wombats makes it difficult to learn about their behavioural ecology and activity rhythms in the wild. A facility was established at Rockhampton Zoo to house 12 adult southern hairy-nosed wombats in order to monitor their behaviour by means of video surveillance and provide detailed information on their activity patterns using movement-sensitive radio-transmitters. After one year of monitoring it was established that the wombats spent, on average, as a proportion of total time 69.9% sleeping, 8.8% lying resting, 5.2% feeding, 5.2% exploring, 4.3% performing stereotyped behaviour, 2.5% sitting resting and 4.1% in other activities. Feeding, lying resting and sleeping varied with season by ~5%. Temporal patterns were bimodal for 8 of the 12 behaviours described, with most ‘active’ behaviours being expressed between 1800 and 2000 hours and 0200 and 0500 hours. The activity pattern was characterised by a strong circadian rhythm, with most activity occurring nocturnally. Within active periods there was an alternating rhythm of active and rest periods and activity peaks at the beginning and end of each night. Comprehensive and reliable information on the behavioural ecology, as well as captive management, of southern hairy-nosed wombats was obtained from the remote video and radio-transmitter recordings.

Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) Predation on a Southeastern Pocket Gopher (Geomys pinetis)

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
J.T. Pynne ◽  
Steven B. Castleberry ◽  
L. Mike Conner ◽  
Elizabeth I. Parsons ◽  
Robert A. Gitzen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pocket Gopher ◽  
Crotalus Horridus ◽  
Timber Rattlesnake
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