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Abstract
To test whether backpack radiotags impacted the wintering biology of northern pintails (Anas acuta), I attached spear-suture (SSU, n=82 in 1993) or harness (HAR, n=337 in 1991-1993) backpack radiotags to female Hatch-Year (HY) and After-Hatch-Year (AHY) pintails after their autumn arrival in California. I evaluated impacts of radiotags on 1) wintering population distribution; 2) flock status, flock size, and body mass at harvest; and 3) August-March survival. I also compared retention of SSU and HAR following attachment. Distribution, flock status, and flock size at harvest of HAR, SSU, and unmarked (UMK) pintails were similar. However, harvest mass of HAR pintails averaged 1 33 g (SE=25 g) less than UMK pintails; loss tended to be greatest for heavier HY females in 1 993. Daily survival rates during 1 993-1 994 of HAR vs. SSU pintails were similar for both HY (0.9979 vs. 0.9974) and AHY (0.9988 vs. 0.9986) female pintails. Retention ranged from 30-1 58 days (x=81 d, SE=5 d) for the 37 SSU that I confirmed as being shed; all other SSU failed 1-month studies due to poor retention past a month.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Effects of backpack radiotags on female northern pintails wintering in California |
| Series title | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wildlife Society |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Ecological Research Center |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 212 |
| Last page | 219 |
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