Monitoring animals after release to the wild is often limited due to financial and logistical constraints. Microchip‐automated technology has the potential to provide data on microchipped animals’ survival after release and allows access to only the intended, microchipped animals. We aimed to determine whether Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus) trained to use microchip‐automated nest boxes in captivity would continue to use them after release back to the wild. Ten animals were brought into captivity and trained to use the nest boxes in as little as three days and then released back to the wild after approximately three months in captivity. Use of the nest boxes after release was recorded for up to a week. Eight of the ten animals used the nest boxes on the first night, but only two used them more than five days after release. Three of the animals did not use them at all after release. Whilst ongoing utilisation of the nest boxes was generally low, this technology shows great potential for other species that are hollow‐dependent.

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用微芯片监控：微芯片自动门是跟踪释放的北布朗地老虎的生存的潜在新方法

由于财务和后勤方面的限制，对动物释放到野外后的监测常常受到限制。Microchip自动化技术具有提供释放后微切动物的存活数据的潜力，并且仅允许访问预期的微切动物。我们旨在确定北布朗班杜科（Isoodon macrourus）训练有素地使用微芯片自动巢箱进行人工饲养的动物，在放归野外后将继续使用它们。将十只动物圈养起来，并训练它们在短短三天内使用巢箱，然后在圈养约三个月后放回野外。记录释放后巢箱的使用情况，记录长达一周。十只动物中有八只在第一夜使用巢箱，但只有两只在释放后超过五天使用它们。释放后，其中三只动物根本不使用它们。虽然巢箱的持续利用率通常很低，但该技术对于依赖空心的其他物种显示出巨大的潜力。