Video surveillance of nesting birds / Christine A. Ribic, Frank R. Thompson III, and Pamela J. Pietz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ribic, Christine A.

Contributor:

Thompson, Frank R. (Frank Richard)

Pietz, Pamela J.

Series:

Studies in avian biology ; no. 43.

Studies in avian biology ; no. 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bird populations.

Birds--Monitoring--Methodology.

Birds.

Birds--Nests.

Birds--Behavior.

Ornithology--Methodology.

Ornithology.

Ornithology--Technique.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Contributors

Preface

Foreword

1. Knowledge Gained from Video-Monitoring Grassland Passerine Nests

2. Conservation Implications When the Nest Predators Are Known

3. Gamebirds and Nest Cameras: Present and future

4. Hatching and Fledging Times from Grassland Passerine Nests

5. Attendance Patterns and Survival of Western Meadowlark Nests

6. Sprague's Pipit Incubation Behavior

7. Patterns of Incubation Behavior in Northern Bobwhites

8. The Influence of Weather on Shorebird Incubation

9. Nocturnal Activity of Nesting Shrubland and Grassland Passerines

10. Bird Productivity and Nest Predation in Agricultural Grasslands

11. Predatory Identity Can Explain Nest Predation Patterns

12. Nest Defense: Grassland bird responses to snakes

13. Partial Depredations on Northern Bobwhite Nests

14. Identification of Sprague's Pipit Nest Predators

15. Development of Camera Technology for Monitoring Nests

Appendix

Index

Complete Series List

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613689030

9781280778643

1280778644

9780520954090

0520954092

OCLC:

796384797