Radio-Transmitter Implants In Four Species Of Small Mammals
Authors(s): D. K. Koehler
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Location: Laramie WY
Abstract: A simple surgical procedure was used to implant radio transmitters intraperitioneally in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus), montane voles (Microtus montanus), Ord's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ordii), and Townsend's ground squirrels (Spermophilus townsendii) in southeastern Idaho. Transmitters were implanted in 105 individuals from 1982 through 1985; 85 (81%) survived and were known to be alive in our study area one month after surgery. Survival rates for 60 deer mice, 22 montane voles, 16 Ord's kangaroo rats, and 7 Townsend's ground squirrels were at least 85, 77, 69, and 86%, respectively. Although the transmitter package weight: small-mammal body weight ratios often exceeded those recommended, neither locomotor abilities nor behavior were perceptively affected. The technique appeared to offer a viable method of fitting these semifossorial species with transmitters.
Keywords: animal, mammal, rodent, Rodentia, mouse, deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, vole, Muridae, Cricetidae, montane vole, Microtus montanus, rat, kangaroo rat, Ord's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordii, squirrel, ground squirrel, Townsend's ground squirrel, Spermophilus townsendi, radio collar, Idaho, population, mortality
| BIBLIOGRAPHY ID | 1617 |
| REF TYPE | Thesis |
| AUTHORS | D. K. Koehler |
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| DOC TITLE | Radio-Transmitter Implants In Four Species Of Small Mammals |
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| LOCATION | Laramie WY |
| ACADEMIC DEPT | Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit |
| UNIVERSITY | University of Wyoming |
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| KEYWORDS | animal, mammal, rodent, Rodentia, mouse, deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, vole, Muridae, Cricetidae, montane vole, Microtus montanus, rat, kangaroo rat, Ord's kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ordii, squirrel, ground squirrel, Townsend's ground squirrel, Spermophilus townsendi, radio collar, Idaho, population, mortality |
| ABSTRACT | A simple surgical procedure was used to implant radio transmitters intraperitioneally in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus), montane voles (Microtus montanus), Ord's kangaroo rats (Dipodomys ordii), and Townsend's ground squirrels (Spermophilus townsendii) in southeastern Idaho. Transmitters were implanted in 105 individuals from 1982 through 1985; 85 (81%) survived and were known to be alive in our study area one month after surgery. Survival rates for 60 deer mice, 22 montane voles, 16 Ord's kangaroo rats, and 7 Townsend's ground squirrels were at least 85, 77, 69, and 86%, respectively. Although the transmitter package weight: small-mammal body weight ratios often exceeded those recommended, neither locomotor abilities nor behavior were perceptively affected. The technique appeared to offer a viable method of fitting these semifossorial species with transmitters. |
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| URLADDRESS | http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/fish_wild/abstracts/koehler_d/index.html |
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