Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

Animal rescue centers release large numbers of captive-bred, rehabilitated, or translocated animals into the wild annually but little is known about their post-release survival and behavior. We developed a novel and innovative coupling of traditional radio-tags with new GPS loggers to track hand-rea...

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Main Authors: Reid, Neil, Harrison, Alan T.
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Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling ftqueensubelpubl:oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:publications/5b5ebf58-8363-44b4-aac3-52570af628ab 2024-01-28T10:07:07+01:00 Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland Reid, Neil Harrison, Alan T. 2011-12-01 https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/5b5ebf58-8363-44b4-aac3-52570af628ab http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84857010050&partnerID=8YFLogxK eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Reid , N & Harrison , A T 2011 , ' Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland ' , Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation , vol. 31 , no. 2 , pp. 25-29 . /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1103 Animal Science and Zoology /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3400 veterinary(all) article 2011 ftqueensubelpubl 2024-01-04T23:21:29Z Animal rescue centers release large numbers of captive-bred, rehabilitated, or translocated animals into the wild annually but little is known about their post-release survival and behavior. We developed a novel and innovative coupling of traditional radio-tags with new GPS loggers to track hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets after release into the wild. Cyanoacrylate SuperGlue ® proved a poor fixative, with two out of three leverets managing to detach their tags within 24 hr. Nevertheless, a total of 2,505 GPS locations were recorded every 60 sec for one leveret over three nights (approx. 835 per night). The leveret dispersed <410 m from the original release site. It demonstrated exploratory behavior, including an ability to navigate accurately in a complex and unfamiliar environment, returning to a habitual lie-up site each day. Its survival was confirmed up to 9 days post-release at which time its radio-tag detached; however, similarly aged leverets were sighted in the area for up to 2 mo post-release (suggesting possible longer-term survival). This is the first study to publish data from any GPS-tagged lagomorph and provides 'proof-of-concept' that large quantities of behavioral data can be recovered from small mammals 1-2 kg. Further development of these techniques will be highly valuable to future studies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lepus timidus Queen's University Belfast Research Portal
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Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
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description Animal rescue centers release large numbers of captive-bred, rehabilitated, or translocated animals into the wild annually but little is known about their post-release survival and behavior. We developed a novel and innovative coupling of traditional radio-tags with new GPS loggers to track hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets after release into the wild. Cyanoacrylate SuperGlue ® proved a poor fixative, with two out of three leverets managing to detach their tags within 24 hr. Nevertheless, a total of 2,505 GPS locations were recorded every 60 sec for one leveret over three nights (approx. 835 per night). The leveret dispersed <410 m from the original release site. It demonstrated exploratory behavior, including an ability to navigate accurately in a complex and unfamiliar environment, returning to a habitual lie-up site each day. Its survival was confirmed up to 9 days post-release at which time its radio-tag detached; however, similarly aged leverets were sighted in the area for up to 2 mo post-release (suggesting possible longer-term survival). This is the first study to publish data from any GPS-tagged lagomorph and provides 'proof-of-concept' that large quantities of behavioral data can be recovered from small mammals 1-2 kg. Further development of these techniques will be highly valuable to future studies.
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author Reid, Neil
Harrison, Alan T.
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Harrison, Alan T.
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title Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
title_short Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
title_full Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
title_fullStr Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
title_full_unstemmed Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
title_sort post-release gps tracking of hand-reared irish hare lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, slemish, co. antrim, northern ireland
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