Optimizing radio retention and minimizing radio impacts in a field study of upland sandpipers

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 971-980

  Mong, Tony W ^a,b   Sandercock, Brett K ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartramia longicauda; Glue; Harness; Kansas; Radio attachment; Shorebird; Survival; Upland sandpiper

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; FIELD METHOD; MORTALITY; OPTIMIZATION; PREDATION RISK; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL; WADER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BARTRAMIA (AVES); BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA; HARNESS;

EID: 33846851157     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2005-775     Document Type: Article

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