2024-03-28T19:03:24Zhttp://digital.csic.es/dspace-oai/requestoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1225772022-11-23T13:31:48Zcom_10261_16com_10261_8com_10261_108col_10261_269col_10261_361
2015-09-24T10:14:25Z
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Assessing the short-term effects of capture, handling and tagging of sandgrouse
Casas, Fabián
Benítez-López, Ana
García, Jesús T.
Martín, Carlos A.
Viñuela, Javier
Mougeot, François
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España)
Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
Bárdenas Reales de Navarra
European Commission
Fundación General CSIC
Capturing and marking free-living birds permits the study of important aspects of their biology but may have undesirable effects. Bird welfare should be a primary concern, so it is necessary to evaluate and minimize any adverse effects of procedures used. We assess short-term effects associated with the capture, handling and tagging with backpack-mounted transmitters of Pin-tailed Pterocles alchata and Black-bellied Pterocles orientalis Sandgrouse, steppe birds of conservation concern. There was a significantly higher mortality (15%) during the first week after capture than during the following weeks (< 2.5%) in Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, but no significant temporal mortality pattern in Black-bellied Sandgrouse. In Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, mortality rate during the first week increased with increasing relative transmitter and harness weight regardless of season, and with increasing handling time during the breeding season. There were no significant differences in mortality rate between study areas, type of tag, sex or age or an effect of restraint time. These results suggest the use of lighter transmitters (< 3% of the bird's weight) and a reduction of handling time (< 20 min), particularly during the breeding season, as essential improvements in procedure to reduce the mortality risk associated with the capture, handling and tagging of these vulnerable species.
2015-09-24T10:14:25Z
2015-09-24T10:14:25Z
2015
2015-09-24T10:14:25Z
artículo
Ibis 157(1): 115-124 (2015)
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/122577
10.1111/ibi.12222
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003339
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100006003
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011698
eng
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12222
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John Wiley & Sons