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dc.contributor.author | Wilson, Rory P.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Rose, Kayleigh A.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Gunner, Richard![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Holton, Mark D.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Marks, Nikki J.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Bennett, Nigel Charles![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Bell, Stephen H.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Twining, Joshua P.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Hesketh, Jamie![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Duarte, Carlos M.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Bezodis, Neil![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Jezek, Milos![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Painter, Michael![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Silovsky, Vaclav![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Crofoot, Margaret C.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Harel, Roi![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Arnould, John P.Y.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Allan, Blake M.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Whisson, Desley A.![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Alagaili, Abdulaziz![]() |
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dc.contributor.author | Scantlebury, D. Michael![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-29T12:09:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-29T12:09:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-10 | |
dc.description | DATA ACCESSIBILITY : Data pertaining to this study are available from the Dryad Digital Repository: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rjdfn2zbm [51). | en_US |
dc.description | ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL is available online at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5672341. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Animal-attached devices have transformed our understanding of vertebrate ecology. To minimize any associated harm, researchers have long advocated that tag masses should not exceed 3% of carrier body mass. However, this ignores tag forces resulting from animal movement. Using data from collar-attached accelerometers on 10 diverse free-ranging terrestrial species from koalas to cheetahs, we detail a tag-based acceleration method to clarify acceptable tag mass limits. We quantify animal athleticism in terms of fractions of animal movement time devoted to different collar-recorded accelerations and convert those accelerations to forces (acceleration × tag mass) to allow derivation of any defined force limits for specified fractions of any animal's active time. Specifying that tags should exert forces that are less than 3% of the gravitational force exerted on the animal's body for 95% of the time led to corrected tag masses that should constitute between 1.6% and 2.98% of carrier mass, depending on athleticism. Strikingly, in four carnivore species encompassing two orders of magnitude in mass (ca 2–200 kg), forces exerted by ‘3%' tags were equivalent to 4–19% of carrier body mass during moving, with a maximum of 54% in a hunting cheetah. This fundamentally changes how acceptable tag mass limits should be determined by ethics bodies, irrespective of the force and time limits specified. | en_US |
dc.description.department | Mammal Research Institute | en_US |
dc.description.department | Zoology and Entomology | en_US |
dc.description.librarian | hj2022 | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The CAASE project (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)) under the KAUST Sensor Initiative; the Royal Society /Wolfson Laboratory refurbishment scheme; the Department of Learning and the Challenge Funding, and access provided by the National Trust and Forest Service NI; the Vice Deanship of Research Chairs at the King Saud University, Saudi Arabia; The Royal Society; Natural Environment Research Council; the Department for Economy Global Challenges Research Fund; the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) Northern Ireland (currently the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs) through various studentships; the Department for the Economy studentship; the National Science Foundation; the Packard Foundation Fellowship; the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in the framework of the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship endowed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research; Deakin University, the advanced research supporting the forestry and wood-processing sector's adaptation to global change financed by OP RDE. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rspb | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Wilson, R.P., Rose, K.A., Gunner, R. et al. 2021, 'Animal lifestyle affects acceptable mass limits for attached tags', Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, vol. 288, art. 20212005, pp. 1-9, doi : 10.1098/rspb.2021.2005. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-8452 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2954 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1098/rspb.2021.2005 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/88535 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Royal Society | en_US |
dc.rights | © 2021 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. | en_US |
dc.subject | Collar design | en_US |
dc.subject | Detriment | en_US |
dc.subject | Ethics | en_US |
dc.subject | Guidelines | en_US |
dc.subject | Tag mass | en_US |
dc.title | Animal lifestyle affects acceptable mass limits for attached tags | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |