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539 Glossary for any unfamiliar terms

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[marking and recapture refer here to capturing and marking animals for

scientific research]

The time lag between 

marking and first recapture was higher than the lag

between second and third 

recapture, which indicates a trauma caused by the

marking procedure. 

(compare: The time lag between when we marked the animals and when we

first recaptured them

was higher than the lag between when we recaptured

them for the second and third time

…)

TEXTUAL SIGNALS

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Textual signalling refers to how certain types of word signal the structure or

organisation of the text. Textual signals guide the reader around the text and point

to how the writer/speaker wants the text to be interpreted.