Effects of radiomarking on prairie falcons: Attachment failures provide insights about survival

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-126

  Steenhof, Karen ^a   Bates, Kirk K ^b   Fuller, Mark R ^a   Kochert, Michael N ^a   McKinley, James O ^b   Lukacs, Paul M ^c,d,e  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment techniques; Backpack; Falco mexicanus; Harness; Prairie falcon; Radiotelemetry; Radiotransmitters; Reproduction; Satellite telemetry; Survival

Indexed keywords

NESTING BEHAVIOR; RADIOTELEMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SURVIVAL;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; FALCO MEXICANUS; HARNESS; RAPTORES;

EID: 33646571548     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[116:EOROPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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