无线电遥测技术自上世纪引入到动物学研究中以来,已被广泛应用于野生动物的栖息地、扩散、繁殖生态、种群生态等研究领域.随着无线电遥测设备的不断更新,标记及追踪方法和数据分析方法的不断改进,其研究领域也不断扩展.同时,无线电遥测对野生动物的影响的研究及基于此方面的争论也一直在继续.基于此本文综述了无线电遥测技术在动物学各领域中的应用,并提出了目前存在的问题和对未来做出了展望.
The technique of radio tracking has been widely used in many areas in wildlife research including habitat, dispersal, breeding ecology and population studies. Now it is applied in more and more subjects along with improvement in equipments and operating methods. The argument of effecting in tagged animals is still in progress. Application and limitation of radio tracking in wildlife research is summarized.