Effect of harness design for tag attachment on the flight performance of five soaring species.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Bio-logging devices play a fundamental and indispensable role in movement ecology studies, particularly in the wild. However, researchers are aware of the influence that attaching devices can have on animals, particularly on their behaviour, energy expenditure and survival. The way a device is attached to an animal's body has also potential consequences for the collected data, and quantifying the type and magnitude of such potential effects is fundamental to enable researchers to combine and compare data from different studies, as much as it is to improve animal welfare. For over two decades, large terrestrial birds have been in the focus of long-term movement ecology research, employing bio-logging devices attached with different types of harnesses. However, comparative

SUBMITTER: Longarini A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10326940 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature