Abstract
Black-tailed Godwits were implanted with satellite transmitters
to study their migration and wintering patterns in 2009.
In the breeding season of 2010 the discovery of a clutch with
strangely shaped eggs suggested that the transmitters might
negatively affect reproduction. One year later a similar
strangely shaped egg was found in the territory of one of the
transmitter birds. We used molecular DNA techniques to
prove that this egg had been laid by this transmitter female.
This suggests that birds with implanted transmitters show
normal breeding behaviour and try to reproduce, but that as
the eggs are deformed, implanted satellite transmitters physically
prevent reproduction in Black-tailed godwits.
to study their migration and wintering patterns in 2009.
In the breeding season of 2010 the discovery of a clutch with
strangely shaped eggs suggested that the transmitters might
negatively affect reproduction. One year later a similar
strangely shaped egg was found in the territory of one of the
transmitter birds. We used molecular DNA techniques to
prove that this egg had been laid by this transmitter female.
This suggests that birds with implanted transmitters show
normal breeding behaviour and try to reproduce, but that as
the eggs are deformed, implanted satellite transmitters physically
prevent reproduction in Black-tailed godwits.
| Translated title of the contribution | Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa forensics: who laid a strangely shaped depredated egg? |
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| Original language | Dutch |
| Pages (from-to) | 155-161 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Limosa |
| Volume | 84 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |