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The design and testing of linen thread weak-links in brushtail possum radio-collars
Linen thread was built into radio-collars as a weak-link to trial its effectiveness at ensuring that radio-collars did not remain indefinitely on animals if they were not recaptured. Eighty percent of collars with weak-links broke or degraded, resulting in the collars dropping off within 12–45 days. This method may be useful for short-term studies of some species of mammal that are difficult to recapture in order to remove collars.
History
Publication title
Australian MammalogyVolume
33Pagination
33-35ISSN
0310-0049Department/School
School of Natural SciencesPublisher
C S I R O PublishingPlace of publication
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