Tracking devices reduce warblers' chances of returning from migration
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - 23:21
in Biology & Nature
The tools ornithologists use to track the journeys of migrating birds provide invaluable insights that can help halt the declines of vulnerable species. However, a new study from The Condor: Ornithological Applications shows that these data come at a cost—in some cases, these tracking devices reduce the chances that the birds carrying them will ever make it back to their breeding grounds.