Video surveillance of nesting birds

Declining bird populations, especially those that breed in North American grasslands, have stimulated extensive research on factors that affect nest failure and reduced reproductive success. Until now, this research has been hampered by the difficulties inherent in observing nest activities. Video Surveillance of Nesting Birds highlights the use of miniature video cameras and recording equipment yielding new important and some unanticipated insights into breeding bird biology, including previously undocumented observations of hatching, incubation, fledging, diurnal and nocturnal activity patterns, predator identification, predator-prey interactions, and cause-specific rates of nest loss. This seminal contribution to bird reproductive biology uses tools capable of generating astonishing results with the potential for fresh insights into bird conservation, management, and theory. … full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors

Ribic, Christine A, Thompson, Frank R., III, Pietz, Pamela J

Document Type

eBook

Language

English

Published

Berkeley University of California Press 2012

Edition

1

Series

Studies in avian biology

Subjects

Behavior

Bird populations

Birds

Life Sciences

Methodology

Monitoring

Nests

Ornithology

SCIENCE

Technique

Zoology

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ISBN

0520273133
9780520273139
0520954092
9780520954090

DOI

10.1525/california/9780520273139.001.0001