Animal Marking: Recognition Marking of Animals in Research

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction: marking animals for research....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-12
Methods of capturing wild animals for marking purposes....Pages 13-23
Marking zoo animals for identification....Pages 24-34
Identification of laboratory animals....Pages 35-39
Front Matter....Pages 41-42
Ringing and related durable methods of marking birds....Pages 43-53
Tags and other distant-recognition markers for birds....Pages 54-62
The value of tagging as a marking technique for seals....Pages 63-70
Whale marking techniques....Pages 71-80
Marking bats....Pages 81-94
Marking fish....Pages 95-101
Marking invertebrates....Pages 102-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-108
Marking mammals by tissue removal....Pages 109-118
Marking reptiles....Pages 119-132
Marking snakes....Pages 133-141
Freeze branding....Pages 142-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Identification using natural markings....Pages 147-159
Identification of individual Bewick’s swans by bill patterns....Pages 160-168
Primate markings....Pages 169-174
Front Matter....Pages 175-176
Radioactive techniques for small mammal marking....Pages 177-191
Radio-tracking: some applications and limitations....Pages 192-204
Front Matter....Pages 175-176
Biotelemetry from free-ranging animals....Pages 205-228
Postscript: towards humane methods of identification....Pages 229-234
Back Matter....Pages 235-257