Guthrie S. Zimmerman
Scott A. Carleton
William L. Kendall
Christopher L. Coxen
Daniel P. Collins
2023
<div class="abstract-group "><div class="article-section__content en main"><p>Obtaining survival estimates on the Interior population of band-tailed pigeons (<i>Patagioenas fasciata</i>) is challenging because they are trap shy, but the joint use of passive integrated transponder (PIT) tags and bands is a potential solution. We investigated the use of PIT tags to passively recapture band-tailed pigeon at 3 locations in New Mexico, USA, to estimate survival. From 2013–2015, we captured, banded, and marked >600 individual band-tailed pigeons with PIT tags. To estimate annual survival rates, we used a Barker multi-state joint live and dead encounters and resighting model. Survival models excluding transience had survival estimates across site, sex, and year of 0.86 (95% CI = 0.84–0.88) for after hatch year birds and 0.63 (95% CI = 0.48–0.76) for hatch year birds. These results are consistent with other survival estimates reported for the Interior population of band-tailed pigeons using band return data and potentially provide an effective alternative method of monitoring survival of this population.</p></div></div>
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10.1002/jwmg.22385
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The Wildlife Society
Survival rates of band-tailed pigeons estimated using passive integrated transponder tags
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