How safe is mist netting? First large-scale study into bird capture technique evaluates the risks
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 20:30
in Biology & Nature
Capturing birds using mist nets in order to study behavior, movement or the demographics of a species is one of the most common research techniques in ornithology; yet until now there have been no large scale studies into the risks mist nets pose to birds. Researchers from California used a data set of over 345,000 records to evaluate the risks of mist netting.