Robert J. Blohm Ronald E. Reynolds Robert E. Trost James E. Hines Judith P. Bladen James D. Nichols 1991 <p>Adult male mallards (<i>Anas platyrhynchos</i>) were banded in summer 1987 with reward bands of different dollar values (0-$400) to determine the lowest dollar value that would yield a reporting rate approaching 1.0. During the 1987-88 and 1988-89 hunting seasons, rewards of between 50 and $100 were required to yield a reporting rate near 1.0. We estimated reporting rate of standard bands to be 0.32. Reward bands with 5 and $10 values produced reporting rates that were 1.5-2.0 times as large as those of standard bands. We developed a linear-logistic model to predict reporting rate as a function of the dollar value of reward bands.</p> application/pdf 10.2307/3809248 en Wiley Band reporting rates for mallards with reward bands of different dollar values article