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03-23-2014, 05:15 PM
Behind Wildlife Data: The Animals That Make Research Possible
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Wildlife research is a story often told in numbers. Among population numbers, territory sizes and incident reports, the data resulting from field work is best understood in large figures and visualizations.
Sometimes, however, a rare individual animal stands out for its significant contributions to conservancy.
See also: Cyberpoaching: Why ******s Pose a Deadly Threat to Endangered Animals (http://mashable.com/2014/03/05/cyberpoaching/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Whether it's through years of data collection, repeated taggings, or sightings and unique movements, these individual animals give researchers a wealth of information about their entire species and the ways they interact with their environments. Were it **t for these unique, reliable animals, our k**wledge of the world's wildlife would be significantly behind where it is today. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/23/wildlife-research-data/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Wildlife research is a story often told in numbers. Among population numbers, territory sizes and incident reports, the data resulting from field work is best understood in large figures and visualizations.
Sometimes, however, a rare individual animal stands out for its significant contributions to conservancy.
See also: Cyberpoaching: Why ******s Pose a Deadly Threat to Endangered Animals (http://mashable.com/2014/03/05/cyberpoaching/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Whether it's through years of data collection, repeated taggings, or sightings and unique movements, these individual animals give researchers a wealth of information about their entire species and the ways they interact with their environments. Were it **t for these unique, reliable animals, our k**wledge of the world's wildlife would be significantly behind where it is today. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/23/wildlife-research-data/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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