GPS and camera traps to replace radio antennas in tracking animals on Barro Colorado Island

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Blog Post Category: Animals; Research News; Science & Nature; camera traps; climate change; conservation; conservation biology; technology; Tropical Research Institute
Description: On the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal, staff members are taking down a network of seven tall Automated Radio Telemetry System towers used to track animals wearing radio-transmitters. Scientists on the island are switching to GPS and camera trap systems to produce more data with less infrastructure.