Backpack-mounted satellite transmitters do not affect reproductive performance in a migratory bustard

Dec 1, 2019

Burnside, R.J., Guilherme, J.L., Collar, N.J. and Dolman, P.M.

We assessed the influence of transmitters on seven reproductive parameters in Asian houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii, comparing 114 nests of 38 females carrying PTTs to 184 nests of untagged birds (non-PTT) over seven breeding seasons (2012–2018) in Uzbekistan.