Table 3. Summary of tracking periods and tracking performances using satellite GPS collar for each elephant herd.
Name of herd | Estima-ted herd size | Date of collaring | Tracking record dates | Overall duration of tracking | Number of GPS location obtained | No of days with GPS location obtained | % of tracking (Daily tracking) |
Rozelis | 12 | 13 June 2005 | 13 June–4 July 2005 | 21 days | 16 | 12 days | 57.1% |
Tailiwas | 45 | 22 June 2005 | 22 June 2005–14 January 2006 | 216 days | 58 | 49 days | 22.7% |
Nancy | 23 | 23 June 2005 | 23 June 2005–21 June 2006 | 364 days | 165 | 123 days | 33.8% |
Bod Tai | 65 | 7 July 2005 | 7 July 2005–7 July 2006 | 366 days | 277 | 169 days | 46.2% |
Penelope | 43 | 17 July 2005 | 17 July–4 November 2005 | 110 days | 32 | 29 days | 26.4% |