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 S...
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| Other Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2012
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| Series: | Studies in avian biology ;
no. 43. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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 patte. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520954090 0520954092 9786613689030 6613689033 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
