The use of cattle ear-tags as patagial markers for large birdsa field assessment on adult and Nestling Australian White Ibis

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 264-268

  Martin, John M ^a,b   Major, Richard E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian White Ibis; Cattle ear tag; Color band; Nestling mortality; Patagial tag; Resighting; Threskiornis molucca

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMARKER; FIELD SURVEY; MONITORING; MORTALITY; NESTLING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TAGGING; WADER; WING;

AVES; BOS; EUDOCIMUS; THRESKIORNIS MOLUCCA;

EID: 77954206610     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.0218     Document Type: Article

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