Site-specific incidence of ring-related injuries in Rufous Fantails<i>Rhipidura rufifrons</i>

Nietmann, Lindsey; Ha, Renee Robinette

doi:10.1080/03078698.2018.1505109

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“…Despite the negative effects of tags on animal behavior and survival (Calvo & Furness 1992), and the fact that 40% of research projects use color rings to identify birds, 98% of publications do not mention the possibility of potential injury and reduced survival due to tags (Alisauskas & Lindberg 2002). The potential for injury differs between taxonomic groups (Sedgwick & Klus 1997, Pierce et al 2007, Nietmann & Ha 2018 and animal body sizes (Griesser et al 2012). Notwithstanding these issues, colored tags are still very popular, mainly due to their lower cost when compared with other identification methodologies such as radio trackers or PIT-tags (Schlicht & Kempenaers 2018).…”

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GenTag: a package to improve animal color tagging protocol

Biagolini

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2019

Rev. Bras. Ornitol.

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The individual identification of animals by means of tagging is a common methodological approach in ornithology. However, several studies suggest that specific colors may affect animal behavior and disrupt sexual selection processes. Thus, methods to choose color tagging combinations should be carefully evaluated. However, reporting of this information is usually neglected. Here, we introduce the GenTag, an R package developed to support biologists in creating color tag sequence combinations using a random process. First, a single-color tag sequence is created from an algorithm selected by the user, followed by verification of the combination. We provide three methods to produce color tag sequences. GenTag provides accessible and simple methods to generate color tag sequences. The use of a random process to define the color tags to be applied to each animal is the best way to deal with the influence of tag color upon behavior and life history parameters.

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