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Author Ribic, Christine A.

Title Video surveillance of nesting birds / Christine A. Ribic, Frank R. Thompson III and Pamela J. Pietz
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, [2012]
©2012

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 MELB  598.07232 Rib/Vso  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 223 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Series Studies in avian biology ; no. 43
Studies in avian biology ; no. 43
Contents Contents note continued: 11.Predatory Identity Can Explain Nest Predation Patterns / Frank R. Thompson III -- 12.Nest Defense: Grassland Bird Responses to Snakes / Christine A. Ribic -- 13.Partial Depredations on Northern Bobwhite Nests / John P. Carroll -- 14.Identification of Sprague's Pipit Nest Predators / Teslin G. Holmes -- pt. IV Technology -- 15.Development of Camera Technology for Monitoring Nests / Frank R. Thompson III
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Synthesis -- Overview -- 1.Knowledge Gained From Video-Monitoring Grassland Passerine Nests / Christine A. Ribic -- 2.Conservation Implications When the Nest Predators Are Known / Christine A. Ribic -- 3.Gamebirds and Nest Cameras: Present and Future / John P. Carroll -- pt. II Breeding Behavior -- 4.Hatching and Fledging Times from Grassland Passerine Nests / Todd A. Grant -- 5.Attendance Patterns and Survival of Western Meadowlark Nests / Walter H. Schacht -- 6.Sprague's Pipit Incubation Behavior / Teslin G. Holmes -- 7.Patterns of Incubation Behavior in Northern Bobwhites / John P. Carroll -- 8.The Influence of Weather on Shorebird Incubation / Mark R. Forbes -- 9.Nocturnal Activity of Nesting Shrubland and Grassland Passerines / Carolyn M. Schmitz -- pt. III Behavioral Responses to Predation/Predator Identification -- 10.Bird Productivity and Nest Predation in Agricultural Grasslands / Jamie L. Nack --
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" --Publisher description
Analysis Behaviour
Birds
Monitoring
Population
Techniques
Notes "A publication of the Cooper Ornithological Society" --T.p
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Studies in avian biology no:43 0197-9922
Subject Bird populations.
Birds -- Behavior.
Birds -- Monitoring -- Methodology.
Birds -- Nests.
Ornithology -- Methodology.
Ornithology -- Technique.
Author Pietz, Pamela J.
Thompson, Frank R. (Frank Richard)
Cooper Ornithological Society.
LC no. 2011044824
ISBN 9780520273139