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The design and testing of linen thread weak-links in brushtail possum radio-collars

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posted on 2023-05-17, 05:31 authored by Cawthen, LM, Sarah MunksSarah Munks
Linen thread was built into radio-collars as a weak-link to trial its effectiveness at ensuring that radio-collars did not remain indefinitely on animals if they were not recaptured. Eighty percent of collars with weak-links broke or degraded, resulting in the collars dropping off within 12–45 days. This method may be useful for short-term studies of some species of mammal that are difficult to recapture in order to remove collars.

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Publication title

Australian Mammalogy

Volume

33

Pagination

33-35

ISSN

0310-0049

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

C S I R O Publishing

Place of publication

Australia

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Copyright © 2010 CSIRO

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems

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