Moving wildlife tracking forward under forested conditions with the SWIFT GPS algorithm

Table 6 Performance of GPS units deployed on 10 kākā at Orokonui Ecosanctuary

Kākā				GPS unit performance
ID	Sex	Age	Origin	Days	n	FSR
45505	M	1	Orokonui	140	1727	0.84
45506	M	10	Orokonui	148	1003	0.78
45507	M	5	Captive	162	1128	0.81
45508	F	1	Orokonui	163	1257	0.90
45509	F	3	Orokonui	128	725	0.64
45510	F	2	Orokonui	111	828	0.73
45511	F	2	Orokonui	138	803	0.67
45512	M	3	Captive	157	1108	0.83
45513	M	10	Captive	149	1034	0.80
45514	F	8	Orokonui	143	1142	0.83
Mean		4.5		144	1076	0.78
± SD		3.6		16	285	0.08
Mean without nesting individuals						0.82
± SD without nesting individuals						0.05

Days—number of data collection days; n—number of successful fixes; FSR—fix success rate (proportion of successful fixes/failed fixes). Cavity-nesting females are shown in bold, and the PinPoint 450 device with a larger battery and shorter fix interval is shown in italics

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