Measuring neck collar loss of Pink-footed Geese Anser brachyrhynchus

The ability to estimate mark loss of ringed animals is important to assess demographic parameters from mark-recapture studies correctly. Based on 23 years of neck collar recovery data from the Svalbard breeding population of Pink-footed Geese, we estimate an overall average annual loss rate of 3.2%....

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Published in:Bird Study
Main Authors: Clausen, Kevin Kuhlmann, Frederiksen, Morten, Madsen, Jesper
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Svalbard
Anser brachyrhynchus
Online Access:https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/measuring-neck-collar-loss-of-pinkfooted-geese-anser-brachyrhynchus(b194fac8-8438-4a1e-9caa-007827ec0adf).html
https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2014.992858
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00063657.2014.992858#.VMsvBWiG98E
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Summary:The ability to estimate mark loss of ringed animals is important to assess demographic parameters from mark-recapture studies correctly. Based on 23 years of neck collar recovery data from the Svalbard breeding population of Pink-footed Geese, we estimate an overall average annual loss rate of 3.2%. Neck collar loss was similar between males and females, and did not (based on currently available data) differ significantly between two types of collars used.

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