Mortality of radio‐tracked wild rats in relation to transmitter weight and resilience of transmitters in relation to their design

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 85-90

  Theuerkauf, Jörn ^a   Rouys, Sophie ^b   Chatreau, Clémence ^c  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b University of New Caledonia   (Poland)

^c Conservation Research New Caledonia ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Predation risk; Radio tracking; Rattus; Rodent; Survival; Transmitter weight

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; MORTALITY; PREDATION RISK; RADIO; RESILIENCE; RODENT; WEIGHT;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

RATTUS; RATTUS EXULANS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 35748946974     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510538     Document Type: Article

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