Effects of capture and marking on the behaviour of moulting Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus on Svalbard
Tracking of individuals is increasingly being used in waterfowl research. However, the effects of capture and tags on waterfowl welfare and ecology are poorly understood and too rarely reported. In this paper, time budget data are used to investigate the behavioural effects of capture and marking on...
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ftknawnlpublic:oai:pure.knaw.nl:publications/61c70961-0251-4c3d-97ef-5fdb89353f53 2024-06-23T07:45:39+00:00 Effects of capture and marking on the behaviour of moulting Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus on Svalbard Clausen, Kevin Kuhlmann Schreven, K.H.T. Madsen, Jesper 2020-11-25 application/pdf https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/en/publications/61c70961-0251-4c3d-97ef-5fdb89353f53 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11755/61c70961-0251-4c3d-97ef-5fdb89353f53 https://pure.knaw.nl/ws/files/37834718/7070_Schreven.pdf https://wildfowl.wwt.org.uk/index.php/wildfowl/article/view/2717 eng eng https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/en/publications/61c70961-0251-4c3d-97ef-5fdb89353f53 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Clausen , K K , Schreven , K H T & Madsen , J 2020 , ' Effects of capture and marking on the behaviour of moulting Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus on Svalbard ' , Wildfowl , vol. 70 , no. 1 , pp. 13-29 . < https://wildfowl.wwt.org.uk/index.php/wildfowl/article/view/2717 > GPS neck collars ringing tag effects waterfowl Plan_S-Compliant_OA international article 2020 ftknawnlpublic https://doi.org/20.500.11755/61c70961-0251-4c3d-97ef-5fdb89353f53 2024-06-10T23:57:43Z Tracking of individuals is increasingly being used in waterfowl research. However, the effects of capture and tags on waterfowl welfare and ecology are poorly understood and too rarely reported. In this paper, time budget data are used to investigate the behavioural effects of capture and marking on moulting and brood-rearing Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus on their arctic breeding grounds. The study compares the prevalence of self-maintenance and foraging time for unringed/uncaptured birds, male birds marked with standard neck collars and female birds marked with heavier GPS collars, and reports on the reduction through time in the pecking behaviour directed towards these markers. Results indicate that capture and marking substantially altered behaviour of marked birds in the days immediately after capture, but also that this effect faded quickly and was not discernible six days after marking. Proportions of time spent preening during foraging bouts indicated that, in the first six days, GPS-collared birds were significantly more affected (time preening c. 12%) than birds ringed with standard neck collars (c. 3%). Both groups showed higher proportions of self-maintenance type behaviours than unringed birds of the same sex (time preening < 1%). The probability of an individual goose pecking its marker during an observation period was initially high for GPS-collared birds (c. 65%), but decreased substantially to reach c. 2% by 11 days after capture. Our study indicates that, after an initial period of discomfort, neck collars and GPS collars are suitable for studying the behaviour of individual geese. Article in Journal/Newspaper Anser brachyrhynchus Arctic Svalbard KNAW: Research Explorer (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) Arctic Svalbard |
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Tracking of individuals is increasingly being used in waterfowl research. However, the effects of capture and tags on waterfowl welfare and ecology are poorly understood and too rarely reported. In this paper, time budget data are used to investigate the behavioural effects of capture and marking on moulting and brood-rearing Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus on their arctic breeding grounds. The study compares the prevalence of self-maintenance and foraging time for unringed/uncaptured birds, male birds marked with standard neck collars and female birds marked with heavier GPS collars, and reports on the reduction through time in the pecking behaviour directed towards these markers. Results indicate that capture and marking substantially altered behaviour of marked birds in the days immediately after capture, but also that this effect faded quickly and was not discernible six days after marking. Proportions of time spent preening during foraging bouts indicated that, in the first six days, GPS-collared birds were significantly more affected (time preening c. 12%) than birds ringed with standard neck collars (c. 3%). Both groups showed higher proportions of self-maintenance type behaviours than unringed birds of the same sex (time preening < 1%). The probability of an individual goose pecking its marker during an observation period was initially high for GPS-collared birds (c. 65%), but decreased substantially to reach c. 2% by 11 days after capture. Our study indicates that, after an initial period of discomfort, neck collars and GPS collars are suitable for studying the behaviour of individual geese. |
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Clausen, Kevin Kuhlmann Schreven, K.H.T. Madsen, Jesper |
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Effects of capture and marking on the behaviour of moulting Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus on Svalbard |
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Effects of capture and marking on the behaviour of moulting Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus on Svalbard |
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Effects of capture and marking on the behaviour of moulting Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus on Svalbard |
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Effects of capture and marking on the behaviour of moulting Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus on Svalbard |
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Effects of capture and marking on the behaviour of moulting Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus on Svalbard |
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effects of capture and marking on the behaviour of moulting pink-footed geese anser brachyrhynchus on svalbard |
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Clausen , K K , Schreven , K H T & Madsen , J 2020 , ' Effects of capture and marking on the behaviour of moulting Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus on Svalbard ' , Wildfowl , vol. 70 , no. 1 , pp. 13-29 . < https://wildfowl.wwt.org.uk/index.php/wildfowl/article/view/2717 > |
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