AN EXPANDING BREAK-AWAY RADIO-COLLAR FOR SMALL MAMMALS

Authors
SODERQUIST TR
Citation
Tr. Soderquist, AN EXPANDING BREAK-AWAY RADIO-COLLAR FOR SMALL MAMMALS, Wildlife research, 20(3), 1993, pp. 383-386
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Ecology
Journal title
Wildlife research → ACNP
ISSN journal
10353712
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
383 - 386
Database
ISI
SICI code
1035-3712(1993)20:3<383:AEBRFS>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A radio-transmitter collar of surgical rubber tubing was designed for use on growing juvenile mammals which require an expanding collar that eventually is shed. In trials on three marsupial species, including s ocial possums, collars were not chewed by conspecifics. Radio-collars placed on wild juvenile Phascogale tapoatafa expanded with the animal' s growth and broke as a result of abrasion, typically after 7 weeks or more.