Glossary
Trace
Impression or indentation made on the substrate (ground) by an organism.
Includes tracks, but also other impressions (e.g. borings, droppings, burrows).
Includes tracks, but also other impressions (e.g. borings, droppings, burrows).
Track
Impression or indentation made on the substrate (ground) by a foot.
Sign
Any indication of the progress of an organism that is not a track.
e.g. scat (droppings), claw marks, scent posts, kill sites, and dens and lays.
e.g. scat (droppings), claw marks, scent posts, kill sites, and dens and lays.
Trail
Series of traces made by, and left behind, by an organism.
This includes tracks and sign.
This includes tracks and sign.
Stride
Distance from the one track of a foot to the next track of the same foot.
This is conventionally measured from the proximal edge of the first track to the proximal edge of the next track of the same foot, and parallel to the central line.
This is conventionally measured from the proximal edge of the first track to the proximal edge of the next track of the same foot, and parallel to the central line.
Straddle
Width of a trail pattern.
This is conventionally measured from the lateral edge of a left track to the lateral edge of a right track, and at right angles to the central line.
Therefore, this is the broadest possible measurement of width of a trail.
This is conventionally measured from the lateral edge of a left track to the lateral edge of a right track, and at right angles to the central line.
Therefore, this is the broadest possible measurement of width of a trail.
Spoor
Series of traces made by, and left behind, by an organism.
This includes tracks and sign.
This should be contrasted with a track, which is an individual footprint.
This includes tracks and sign.
This should be contrasted with a track, which is an individual footprint.
Trackway
Series of marks or traces left by an organism (e.g. footprints, tail drags and belly drags).
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