TY - JOUR
T1 - Retention of riveted aluminum leg bands by wild Turkeys
AU - Diefenbach, Duane R.
AU - Vreeland, Wendy C.
AU - Casalena, Mary Jo
AU - Schiavone, Michael V.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/6
Y1 - 2016/6
N2 - In order for mark–recapture models to provide unbiased estimates of population parameters, it is critical that uniquely identifying tags or marks are not lost. We double-banded male and female wild turkeys with aluminum rivet bands and estimated the probability that a bird would be recovered with both bands < 1–225 wk since banding (mean = 51.2 wk, SD = 44.0). We found that 100% of females (n = 37) were recovered with both bands. For males, we recovered 6 of 188 turkeys missing a rivet band for a retention probability of 0.984 (95% CI = 0.96–0.99). If male turkeys are doublebanded with rivet bands the probability of recovering a turkey without any marks is < 0.001. We failed to detect a change in band retention over time or differences between adults and juveniles. Given the low cost and high retention rates of rivet aluminum bands, we believe they are an effective marking technique for wild turkeys and, for most studies, will minimize any concern about the assumption that marks are not lost.
AB - In order for mark–recapture models to provide unbiased estimates of population parameters, it is critical that uniquely identifying tags or marks are not lost. We double-banded male and female wild turkeys with aluminum rivet bands and estimated the probability that a bird would be recovered with both bands < 1–225 wk since banding (mean = 51.2 wk, SD = 44.0). We found that 100% of females (n = 37) were recovered with both bands. For males, we recovered 6 of 188 turkeys missing a rivet band for a retention probability of 0.984 (95% CI = 0.96–0.99). If male turkeys are doublebanded with rivet bands the probability of recovering a turkey without any marks is < 0.001. We failed to detect a change in band retention over time or differences between adults and juveniles. Given the low cost and high retention rates of rivet aluminum bands, we believe they are an effective marking technique for wild turkeys and, for most studies, will minimize any concern about the assumption that marks are not lost.
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U2 - 10.3996/072015-JFWM-064
DO - 10.3996/072015-JFWM-064
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:84975226420
VL - 7
SP - 162
EP - 164
JO - Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
JF - Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management
SN - 1944-687X
IS - 1
M1 - e1944-687X
ER -