Factors Affecting the Retention of Visible Implant Elastomer (VIE) Tags in Smooth Newts (Lissotriton vulgaris) During the Breeding Period
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Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41210%2F20%3AN0000086" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41210/20:N0000086 - isvavai.cz</a>
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<a href="https://bioone.org/journals/South-American-Journal-of-Herpetology/volume-2020/issue-15/SAJH-D-17-00036.1/Factors-Affecting-the-Retention-of-Visible-Implant-Elastomer-VIE-Tags/10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00036.1.short" target="_blank" >https://bioone.org/journals/South-American-Journal-of-Herpetology/volume-2020/issue-15/SAJH-D-17-00036.1/Factors-Affecting-the-Retention-of-Visible-Implant-Elastomer-VIE-Tags/10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00036.1.short</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00036.1" target="_blank" >10.2994/SAJH-D-17-00036.1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Factors Affecting the Retention of Visible Implant Elastomer (VIE) Tags in Smooth Newts (Lissotriton vulgaris) During the Breeding Period
Original language description
Population parameters can be estimated on the basis of capture-mark-recapture (CMR) studies, which require accurate and continuous identification of studied individuals. Amphibians that cannot be identified by unique color patterns represent a problem for these types of studies due to variable interspecies suitability of different marking methods. One alternative to the traditional but questionable toe-clipping method is visible implant elastomer (VIE) tagging. VIE has been used successfully, mainly for tagging different species of terrestrial salamanders, but it has not been evaluated systematically for biphasic newts. In this study, the efficiency of VIE tagging was tested on smooth newts (Lissotriton vulgaris), with controls for body length, sex, position of tag, color of tag, and personal experience with tagging. Two tags, originally injected into each individual, were visible only in 39,5% of the newts after 49 days. Most of the tags that failed (72,4%) were lost completely. Retention rates for the VIE tags were lowest for younger tags but improved over time. Tags were lost more from the front than from the hind legs (42,1% vs. 34,2%), the person more experienced in marking had fewer tag losses (22,8% vs. 51,2%), and males lost more tags from their hind legs than females (52,8% vs. 17,5%). This study shows that VIE marking is not a conclusively reliable method for CMR studies of small salamanders during the breeding (water) period. The future of individual recognition, for the purpose of CMR studies, lies probably in non-invasive, computer-assisted photo identification methods.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
South American Journal of Herpetology
ISSN
1982-355X
e-ISSN
1808-9798
Volume of the periodical
15
Issue of the periodical within the volume
April 2020
Country of publishing house
BR - BRAZIL
Number of pages
6
Pages from-to
41-46
UT code for WoS article
000548579700005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85088317765