Copernicus provides a wide range of products and services for wildlife monitoring applications. The species tagged with our tracking devices range from birds to lynxes and bovidae.
Wild boars turn out to be comparably easy to catch, but particularly difficult to tag using common tracking collars.
That's why we've developed a tracking device which is both practical with regards to deployment and less of a burden for the tagged animal.
Due to the neck shape, tracking collars are not the preferred choice of tracking devices for wild boars. Instead, ear tags have proven themselves as a valuable alternative. Advantages of ear tags are
Learn more about the ear tag tracker as well as our other tracking devices.
The device enables monitoring of movement patterns such as migration and space use across a wide range of species, as well as grazing behavior in livestock. It is also suitable for studying dispersal in juveniles
The device is applied to the ear just like any other ear tag used in livestock management
Our LoRaWAN GPS ear tag is now available. Please feel free to contact us for further information. You may also be interested in the product leaflet.
Medium-weight battery-powered tracking device for long-term tracking of dairy cows, sheep, deer and more
The device is fitted around the animal’s neck
The collar is available in various sizes to suit different species. Please feel free to contact us for further information. You may also be interested in the product leaflet.
Using our tracking platform Wonderland you have all the information and control over your tracking devices at your fingertips. Wonderland not only supports our own range of tracking devices, but is also compatible with many other hardware manufacturers.
Nigel Butcher, Andreas Senn, Alasdair Davies
Jethro Gauld, Philip W Atkinson, João P Silva, Andreas Senn, Aldina MA Franco
Jethro Gauld, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK
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