Benefits for you
As the citizen scientists participating in our project, you have to get something out of this too. When the final publication is released we are happy to provide interested parties the final copy.
We are also willing to offer you genetic data about your birds:
If you want to know information pertaining to particular birds (e.g head-colour genotype, or who is related to who) then you need to have a way of identifying the birds in a way that makes sense to you. For example this might be a unique band number. Or, if you only have one pair breeding per aviary, you could make a unique ID something like this: FemaleAviary1
We are also willing to offer you genetic data about your birds:
- who is related to who (if you don’t know)
- A general measure of how inbred your population is
- the raw genetic data (if you really want it)
If you want to know information pertaining to particular birds (e.g head-colour genotype, or who is related to who) then you need to have a way of identifying the birds in a way that makes sense to you. For example this might be a unique band number. Or, if you only have one pair breeding per aviary, you could make a unique ID something like this: FemaleAviary1
If you want data please provide me with your email address
You can put it on the top of the questionnaire when you return it, or you can just send me an email and tell me your name and what city you're in so I can associate your samples with your email.