No evidence for adverse effects on fitness of fitting passive integrated transponders (PITs) in wild house sparrows Passer domesticus
No evidence for adverse effects on fitness of fitting passive integrated transponders (PITs) in wild house sparrows Passer domesticus
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没有证据表明安装被动集成应答器 (PIT) 对野生家麻雀的健康产生不利影响
DOI：
10.1111/j.1600-048x.2010.05271.x
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
T. Burke
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作者：
J. Schroeder;I. Cleasby;Shinichi Nakagawa;N. Ockendon;T. Burke
被动集成应答器(PITS)越来越多地被用于研究小型雀类的行为。然而，为了确保这类研究的可靠性，了解为雀类配备坑道的长期健康后果是至关重要的。我们量化了皮下注射或粘在彩环上的安装坑对家禽麻雀健康的影响。以个体对种群增长率的年贡献率为指标，用DELING法评价相对年适合度。我们发现没有证据表明，与没有坑的个体相比，安装了坑的个体对健康的不利影响，与安装标签的方法无关。我们的结果为这样的假设提供了坚实的基础，即在小型雀形目动物中使用这种测井设备是安全的，坑很可能不会影响关于种群动态和健康成分的研究结果。
Passive integrated transponders (PITs) are increasingly used to study behaviour in small passerines. However, to ensure the reliability of such studies, knowledge of long-term fitness consequences of equipping passerines with PITs is crucial. We quantify the effects of fitting PITs, injected subcutaneously or glued to colour rings, on fitness in house sparrows Passer domesticus. Relative annual fitness was assessed with the delifing method as an individual's annual contribution to population growth rate. We found no evidence for adverse fitness effects in individual birds fitted with PITs compared with individuals without PITs, independent of the methods of fitting the tags. Our results provide a solid basis for the assumption that such logging devices are safe to use in small passerines and that PITs will most probably not affect the outcome of studies with respect to population dynamics and fitness components.