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Researchers commonly use mist nets to study avian populations. Although studies have concluded that the risk of mortality from netting is low, few have examined the effect of minor injuries on long term survival. We used data on Cliff Swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) consisting of 206 birds with leg injuries and 206 non-injured birds caught at the same time during mark-recapture in southwestern Nebraska, USA, 1986-2013. The injuries were primarily cuts from mist-net tangling around the legs and toes and often produced a small amount of bleeding. Mark-recapture analysis showed that the probability of apparent annual survival of injured birds was 0.52, which was similar to that of 0.51 for non-injured birds. Our results suggest that small cuts to the legs and toes of Cliff Swallows during mist-netting do not result in long-term harm and support the widely held assumption that mist-netting is in general safe even when minor injuries occur.
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For more than a century, the Wilson Ornithological Society has published a scholarly journal with form and content readily accessible to both professional and amateur ornithologists. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology is a quarterly publication consisting of major articles based on original studies of birds and short communications that describe observations of particular interest. Each issue also includes reviews of new books on birds and related subjects, as well as ornithological news. Through an endowment from the late George Miksch Sutton, each issue of the Journal includes a full color frontispiece. Each current volume consists of approximately 500 pages. The principal focus of the Journal is the study of living birds, their behavior, ecology, adaptive physiology and conservation.
Although most articles originate from work conducted in the western hemisphere (a large portion of the research on Neotropical birds is published here), the geographic coverage of the journal is global. The Journal is internationally recognized as an important, major journal of ornithology. The Edwards Prize is given annually for the best major article published during the previous year.
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology was formerly named the Wilson Bulletin.
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