Twenty-four hour behavior patterns and budgets of free-ranging reindeer in winter
Rangifer
By: W. B. Collins and T. S. Smith
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Abstract
To obtain movement data on wild fulvous tree ducks (Dendrocygna bicolor) 165 immature pen-reared fulvous tree ducks were color-marked and released in three southeast Texas counties in July October 1969/70. Nine (5 percent) of the marked birds were recovered from 3 days to 9 months after release, and an additional 15 birds provided sight records. Many released birds apparently became integrated into the wild population; all of those observed were with wild flocks. Six birds were recovered over 50 miles from the release sites. Four released in late July to mid-September had moved eastward and two went southward in September or later. Five were still in the Texas-Louisiana rice belt (three in late November). The sixth bird was recovered in October in Veracruz, which supports the assumption that U.S. Gulf Coast nesting populations winter in southern Mexico.
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Collins, W.B., Smith, T.S., 1989, Twenty-four hour behavior patterns and budgets of free-ranging reindeer in winter: Rangifer, v. 9, no. 1, p. 2-8, https://doi.org/10.7557/2.9.1.766.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Twenty-four hour behavior patterns and budgets of free-ranging reindeer in winter |
| Series title | Rangifer |
| DOI | 10.7557/2.9.1.766 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication Date | June 01, 1989 |
| Year Published | 1989 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Alaska Biological Science Center |
| Description | pp. 2-8 |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Rangifer |
| First page | 2 |
| Last page | 8 |