Leg-loop harness design for attaching external transmitters to seabirds

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-188

  Mallory, Mark L ^a   Gilbert, Cynthia D ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Biomimicry Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral effects; Catharacta maccormicki; Fulmarus glacialis; Harness design; Northern Fulmar; Reproduction; South Polar Skua; Survival; Transmitter attachment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; MORTALITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEMETRY;

AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; HARNESS; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 68049137435     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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