Keedwell, R. 2001. Evaluation of radio transmitters for measuring chick mortality in the banded dotterel. Waterbirds 24: 217–223.
Details the results of a trial using elastic harnesses to attach radio transmitters to banded dotterel chicks in order to determine rates and causes of mortality. The technique only had limited application to young chicks because the harness occasionally fell off or entangled small chicks but the transmitters remained attached to chicks older than one week. Most mortality occurred in the first week, and predators were responsible for a minimum of 18% of deaths.
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