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Title: | Do implanted transmitters affect maximum running speed of two small marsupials? | Contributor(s): | Rojas, Ana Daniella (author); Koertner, Gerhard (author)![]() ![]() |
Publication Date: | 2010 | DOI: | 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-052.1 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7521 | Abstract: | Radiotelemetry is used to quantify behavioral, ecological, and physiological variables of animals. Because of technological limitations, relative transmitter size generally increases with decreasing body mass of the study animal, and the recommended transmitter mass of <5% of body mass often prohibits work on small mammals. We compared burst running speed, important for predator avoidance, in 2 small marsupials, 'Sminthopsis crassicaudata' (fat-tailed dunnart) and 'Planigale gilesi' (Giles' planigale), without and with implanted transmitters. In both species maximum running speed was not affected by the transmitters, whose mass ranged from 6.4% to 14.1% of body mass. Further, relative transmitter mass was not correlated with maximum running speed. Consequently, transmitters well above 5% of body mass need not affect locomotor performance of small terrestrial mammals. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Mammalogy, 91(6), p. 1360-1364 | Publisher: | American Society of Mammalogists | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1545-1542 0022-2372 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 060806 Animal Physiological Ecology | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960805 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Environmental and Rural Science |
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