Here are some USGS Web pages with more information on plant and animal tagging and Anywhere:
Bird Banding Laboratory: the North American Bird Banding Program
Bird banding is used to study the movement, survival and behavior of birds. The Bird Banding Laboratory Site has links to the value, procedure and history of bird banding, how to report bird bands(English & Spanish), and resources for birders.
(Score: 1.622)
Resources for banders
Links to bird banding manual, banding associations, equipment and suppliers, bibliography, band size lookup, recapture database, bander services, aging and sexing birds, longevity records, Canadian atlas of bird banding and other resources.
(Score: 0.690)
The whooping crane report
Report on the captive breeding program at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center to help save endangered whooping cranes. Site links to natural history information on whooping cranes, why they are endangered, cool facts on cranes, and a photo gallery.
(Score: 0.690)
Definition:
Method of attaching a tag to an organism as long-term identification for study purposes. Tags are made of metal or other durable material on which is stamped an identification number that corresponds to a record about that individual. Often a mailing address is included, to which the tag may be returned by a finder.
Used for:
animal tagging, banding, bird banding, radioisotope tagging, tagging
