Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: a meta-analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias

0504863 - ÚBO 2020 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Brlík, Vojtěch - Koleček, Jaroslav - Burgess, M. - Hahn, S. - Humple, D. - Krist, M. - Ouwehand, J. - Weiser, E. L. - Adamík, P. - Alves, J. A. - Arlt, D. - Barišić, S. - Becker, D. - Belda, E. J. - Beran, V. - Both, C. - Bravo, S. P. - Briedis, M. - Chutný, B. - Ćiković, D. - Cooper, N. W. - Costa, J. S. - Cueto, V. R. - Emmenegger, T. - Fraser, K. - Gilg, O. - Guerrero, M. - Hallworth, M. T. - Hewson, C. - Jiguet, F. - Johnson, J. A. - Kelly, T. - Kishkinev, D. - Leconte, M. - Lislevand, T. - Lisovski, S. - López, C. - McFarland, K. P. - Marra, P. P. - Matsuoka, S. M. - Matyjasiak, P. - Meier, C. M. - Metzger, B. - Monrós, J. S. - Neumann, R. - Newman, A. - Norris, R. - Pärt, T. - Pavel, V. - Perlut, N. - Piha, M. - Reneerkens, J. - Rimmer, C. C. - Roberto-Charron, A. - Scandolara, C. - Sokolova, N. - Takenaka, M. - Tolkmitt, D. - van Oosten, H. - Wellbrock, A. H.J. - Wheeler, H. - van der Winden, J. - Witte, K. - Woodworth, B. K. - Procházka, Petr
Weak effects of geolocators on small birds: a meta-analysis controlled for phylogeny and publication bias.
Journal of Animal Ecology. Roč. 89, č. 1 (2020), s. 207-220. ISSN 0021-8790. E-ISSN 1365-2656
Grant CEP: GA ČR GA13-06451S
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68081766
Klíčová slova: condition * migration * phenology * reproduction * return rate * survival * tag effect * tracking device
Obor OECD: Zoology
Impakt faktor: 5.091, rok: 2020
Způsob publikování: Open access
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/1365-2656.12962

Currently, the deployment of tracking devices is one of the most frequently used approaches to study movement ecology of birds. Recent miniaturization of light-level geolocators enabled studying small bird species whose migratory patterns were widely unknown. However, geolocators may reduce vital rates in tagged birds and may bias obtained movement data. There is a need for a thorough assessment of the potential tag effects on small birds, as previous meta-analyses did not evaluate unpublished data and impact of multiple life-history traits, focused mainly on large species and the number of published studies tagging small birds has increased substantially. We quantitatively reviewed 549 records extracted from 74 published and 48 unpublished studies on over 7,800 tagged and 17,800 control individuals to examine the effects of geolocator tagging on small bird species (body mass <100 g). We calculated the effect of tagging on apparent survival, condition, phenology and breeding performance and identified the most important predictors of the magnitude of effect sizes. Even though the effects were not statistically significant in phylogenetically controlled models, we found a weak negative impact of geolocators on apparent survival. The negative effect on apparent survival was stronger with increasing relative load of the device and with geolocators attached using elastic harnesses. Moreover, tagging effects were stronger in smaller species. In conclusion, we found a weak effect on apparent survival of tagged birds and managed to pinpoint key aspects and drivers of tagging effects. We provide recommendations for establishing matched control group for proper effect size assessment in future studies and outline various aspects of tagging that need further investigation. Finally, our results encourage further use of geolocators on small bird species but the ethical aspects and scientific benefits should always be considered.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0296410