A preliminary investigation into effects of flipper banding on African penguins spheniscus demersus

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dc.contributor.advisorRyan, Peter Gen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorUnderhill, Lesen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorPetersen, Samanthaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHampton, Shannonen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T14:19:23Z
dc.date.available2014-08-13T14:19:23Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractMuch of what is known about penguin movements and life history traits, including their population dynamics, and particularly the rehabilitation success after oil spills results from information derived from marking birds with flipper bands. However, flipper bands may negatively impact the welfare of penguins. While studies on the impact of banding have been undertaken for several penguin species, no such study has investigated the exclusive effect of banding on African Penguins Spheniscus demersus. I do so by comparing the difference in yearly return rates as well as foraging trip durations of 100 individuals injected with a subcutaneous transponder only, and 100 that have both transponders and a stainless steel flipper band.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHampton, S. (2007). <i>A preliminary investigation into effects of flipper banding on African penguins spheniscus demersus</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6265en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHampton, Shannon. <i>"A preliminary investigation into effects of flipper banding on African penguins spheniscus demersus."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6265en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHampton, S. 2007. A preliminary investigation into effects of flipper banding on African penguins spheniscus demersus. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hampton, Shannon AB - Much of what is known about penguin movements and life history traits, including their population dynamics, and particularly the rehabilitation success after oil spills results from information derived from marking birds with flipper bands. However, flipper bands may negatively impact the welfare of penguins. While studies on the impact of banding have been undertaken for several penguin species, no such study has investigated the exclusive effect of banding on African Penguins Spheniscus demersus. I do so by comparing the difference in yearly return rates as well as foraging trip durations of 100 individuals injected with a subcutaneous transponder only, and 100 that have both transponders and a stainless steel flipper band. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - A preliminary investigation into effects of flipper banding on African penguins spheniscus demersus TI - A preliminary investigation into effects of flipper banding on African penguins spheniscus demersus UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6265 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6265
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHampton S. A preliminary investigation into effects of flipper banding on African penguins spheniscus demersus. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6265en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherZoologyen_ZA
dc.titleA preliminary investigation into effects of flipper banding on African penguins spheniscus demersusen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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