Nowak E, Berthold P
Bundesforschungsanstalt für Naturschutz und Landschaftsökologie, Bonn, Germany.
EXS. 1991;60:307-21. doi: 10.1007/978-3-0348-7208-9_14.
The study of bird migration by satellite tracking began in the 1980s, after transmitters had become sufficiently small to allow the monitoring of larger migrating species. The initial studies in this direction were all successful with respect to establishing this method (Section 2) of elucidating new migration patterns and various aspects of orientation. These pilot studies are summarized in Section 3, Table 1, Figures 1-4. We believe that studies on avian orientation and navigation will, in general, greatly benefit from satellite tracking if some prerequisites are fulfilled and adequate experiments planned (Section 4). In future studies, smaller transmitters with increased life expectancies are needed, and possible effects of these transmitters on bird behaviour must be examined. Considerable improvement of satellite tracking in avian orientation research is to be expected, along with the development of a new generation of satellites allowing communication between satellites and transmitters (Sections 4, 5).
利用卫星追踪对鸟类迁徙的研究始于20世纪80年代，当时发射器已足够小，能够对较大的迁徙物种进行监测。在建立这种阐明新迁徙模式和定向各个方面的方法（第2节）方面，该方向的初步研究均取得了成功。这些试点研究总结在第3节表1以及图1至4中。我们认为，如果满足一些先决条件并规划充分的实验（第4节），关于鸟类定向和导航的研究总体上将从卫星追踪中大大受益。在未来的研究中，需要寿命更长的更小的发射器，并且必须研究这些发射器对鸟类行为可能产生的影响。随着新一代允许卫星与发射器之间通信的卫星的发展（第4、5节），预计鸟类定向研究中的卫星追踪将有相当大的改进。
