Besides leg bands, researchers use flags, streamers, tags, paints, tattoos, dyes, brands, collars, radio tracking devices, microcomputers, and stainless steel darts (with coded tags attached) as well as toe, ear, and tail clipping and various other techniques and devices. Some of these are quite inexpensive.
Iezīmēšanas metodes ir atkarīgas no pētījumu mērķiem, kā arī no pētījamo dzīvnieku fiziskajām īpatnībām un paradumiem.