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Table 1 Characteristics of Arctic-breeding shorebirds included in our analysis of geolocator effects

From: Effects of geolocators on hatching success, return rates, breeding movements, and change in body mass in 16 species of Arctic-breeding shorebirds

Species code

Common name

Scientific name

# sites

# captures

Mean body mass (g)

Mean migration (° latitude)

Geolocator

Max % body mass of markers + geo

Control

Geo-locator

Attachment typea

Total mass (g)b

% mean body mass

SESA

Semipalmated sandpiper

Calidris pusilla

7

949

224

26

65c

PEF, PAB

0.8–1.0

3.3–3.9

5.8

WESA

Western sandpiper

C. mauri

1

276

21

27

49c

PAB

1.0

3.7

5.2

RNPHd

Red-necked phalarope

Phalaropus lobatus

1

21

7

38

66

LLH

1.0

2.6

NA

DUNLsch

schinzii dunlin

C. alpina schinzii

1

64

30

46

45d

PAB

0.8

1.8

2.5

SANDrub

Sanderling

C. alba rubida

1

55

44

53

111e

PEF

0.8

1.5

 

DUNLhud

hudsonia dunlin

C. alpina hudsonia

1

133

35

57

20e

PEF

1.1

1.9

2.9

DUNLpac

pacifica dunlin

C. alpina pacifica

3

57

124

57

27

PEF

1.1

1.9

2.9

DUNLarc

arcticola dunlin

C. alpina arcticola

3

255

104

58

30e

PEF

1.1

1.9

3.3

SANDalb

Sanderling

C. alba alba

3

434

30

59

60

PEF

0.8

1.4

2.3

GSAP

Greater sand plover

C. leschenaultii

1

289

59

87f

58e

PEF

0.9

1.0

1.8

GTTA

Gray-tailed tattler

Tringa brevipes

1

160

19

104

88

PAF

1.3

1.3

2.0

RUTUint

interpres ruddy turnstone

Arenaria interpres interpres

1

112

77

105

113e

PEF

0.9

0.9

 

RUTUmor

morinella ruddy turnstone

A. i. morinella

3

62

46

109

70e

PEF

0.9

0.8

1.6

BLTU

Black turnstone

A. melanocephala

1

51

30

123

9

LLH

2.0

1.6

2.3

REKNrog

rogersi red knot

C. canutus rogersi

1

11

26

125

108

PAB

1.4

1.1

1.8

REKNrufg

rufa red knot

C. c. rufa

2

711

87

132

100

PAB

1.4–1.7

1.1–1.3

1.6

AMGP

American golden-plover

Pluvialis dominica

5

55

129

146

94c

PEF

0.9–1.3

0.6–0.9

1.6

GRSNh

Great snipe

Gallinago media

1

34

45

160

64

PAB

1.3

0.8

NA

GRKN

Great knot

C. tenuirostris

1

126

64

195

81e

PEF

0.8

0.4

0.8

BTGO

Bar-tailed godwit

Limosa lapponica

1

16

58

342

105

PAB

1.8

0.5

1.6

WHIMhud

hudsonicus whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus

1

31

25

378

54e

PAF

1.0

0.3

 

WHIMisl

islandicus whimbrel

N. phaeopus islandicus

1

56

23

438

58e

PAF

1.0

0.2

 

FECU

Far eastern curlew

N. madagascariensis

1

7

23

1091

90e

PEF

1.0

0.1

0.3

  1. Species codes follow alpha codes used by the American Ornithologists’ Union. Species and subspecies are sorted by mean body mass. Data are from the authors unless a reference is indicated.NA not available
  2. a PAB parallel-band, PEF perpendicular-flag, PAF parallel-flag, LLH leg-loop harness (Fig. 2)
  3. bIncludes attachment materials. Where a range of values is given, multiple models or attachments were used across sites or years
  4. cFrom Thomas et al. [76]
  5. dFrom Smith et al. [37]; total mass of geolocator package is estimated based on our data
  6. eEstimated from range maps in Hayman et al. [77] following the methods of Thomas et al. [76]
  7. fPublished body-mass estimates [78, 79]
  8. gFrom Niles et al. [36] and Burger et al. [33]
  9. hFrom Klaassen et al. [43] and Lindström et al. [35]
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