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

Animal rescue centres release large numbers of captive-bred, rehabilitated or translocated animals into the wild annually but little is known about their post-release survival and behaviour. 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
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Lepus timidus
Online Access:https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/997b2e93-9c6b-413c-bab3-860a343e1e00
https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/664340/Reid%20&%20Harrison%20(2010)%20GPS%20tagging%20of%20Irish%20hare%20leverets.pdf
https://conservationevidencejournal.com/reference/pdf/2314
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spelling ftqueensubelpubl:oai:pure.qub.ac.uk/portal:publications/997b2e93-9c6b-413c-bab3-860a343e1e00 2023-05-15T17:07:46+02:00 Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland Reid, Neil Harrison, Alan 2010 application/pdf https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/997b2e93-9c6b-413c-bab3-860a343e1e00 https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/664340/Reid%20&%20Harrison%20(2010)%20GPS%20tagging%20of%20Irish%20hare%20leverets.pdf https://conservationevidencejournal.com/reference/pdf/2314 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Reid , N & Harrison , A 2010 , ' Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland ' , Conservation Evidence , vol. 7 , pp. 32-38 . < https://conservationevidencejournal.com/reference/pdf/2314 > article 2010 ftqueensubelpubl 2022-12-22T23:19:32Z Animal rescue centres release large numbers of captive-bred, rehabilitated or translocated animals into the wild annually but little is known about their post-release survival and behaviour. 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 hours. Nevertheless, a total of 2,505 GPS locations were recorded every 60 seconds for one leveret over three nights (approx. 835 per night). The leveret dispersed Article in Journal/Newspaper Lepus timidus Queen's University Belfast Research Portal
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description Animal rescue centres release large numbers of captive-bred, rehabilitated or translocated animals into the wild annually but little is known about their post-release survival and behaviour. 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 hours. Nevertheless, a total of 2,505 GPS locations were recorded every 60 seconds for one leveret over three nights (approx. 835 per night). The leveret dispersed
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Reid, Neil
Harrison, Alan
spellingShingle Reid, Neil
Harrison, Alan
Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
author_facet Reid, Neil
Harrison, Alan
author_sort Reid, Neil
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
publishDate 2010
url https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/997b2e93-9c6b-413c-bab3-860a343e1e00
https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/664340/Reid%20&%20Harrison%20(2010)%20GPS%20tagging%20of%20Irish%20hare%20leverets.pdf
https://conservationevidencejournal.com/reference/pdf/2314
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op_source Reid , N & Harrison , A 2010 , ' Post-release GPS tracking of hand-reared Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus leverets, Slemish, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland ' , Conservation Evidence , vol. 7 , pp. 32-38 . < https://conservationevidencejournal.com/reference/pdf/2314 >
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