COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia say their work on tracking on woodpecker movements could be used to improve bird habitats.
The university said in a news release the researchers tagged 33 juvenile red-bellied woodpeckers earlier this summer in Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest.
The tags allow researchers to track the birds using radiotelemetry and GPS technology.
The team hopes to discover more about what happens when birds move from where they hatched to where they will breed.
One researcher says that in many non-migrating birds, this is the only time the birds make a substantial movement from one location to another. Previous research has shown that manmade features such as roads can restrict bird movement, creating the risk of inbreeding.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia say their work on tracking on woodpecker movements could be used to improve bird habitats.
The university said in a news release the researchers tagged 33 juvenile red-bellied woodpeckers earlier this summer in Missouri's Mark Twain National Forest.
The tags allow researchers to track the birds using radiotelemetry and GPS technology.
The team hopes to discover more about what happens when birds move from where they hatched to where they will breed.
One researcher says that in many non-migrating birds, this is the only time the birds make a substantial movement from one location to another. Previous research has shown that manmade features such as roads can restrict bird movement, creating the risk of inbreeding.
