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Titre :	Effects of Backpack Transmitters on Captive Lesser Adjutant Storks (Leptoptilos javanicus) (2018)
Auteurs :	Lara Mielke, Auteur ; Markus Handschuh, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Waterbirds (41(4) December, 2018)
Article en page(s) :	424-433
Résumé :	Satellite and GPS transmitters provide valuable information for bird conservation, though their attachment may have behavioral and/or physical effects. Captive Lesser Adjutant Storks (Leptoptilos javanicus) in Cambodia were divided into a control group (n = 7) and an experimental group (n = 7), and their behavior was monitored during three periods of 22 days each. The experimental group was fitted with dummy backpack transmitters in the second period. Each group included one individual capable of flight (n= 2); all other individuals had the feather vanes of one wing dipped. Both groups interacted by pulling, nibbling or pecking on their own or another bird's transmitter (6.8% of the total interaction time in the experimental group,

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