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Video documentation of nest predation
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Description
Deployment of camouflaged security cameras or GoPro cameras near nests to record predation events, with careful timing to minimize nest abandonment and standardized recording parameters.
Typical Equipment
- color CCD IR security camera
- GoPro Session camera
- 0.5 m wooden stake
- 15 m extension cord
- external ES-TX9 battery
- solid-state micro-DVR
- external battery
Output Measurements
- predation events
- predator species identity
- predation behavior
Papers Using This Protocol (2)
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The depredation of Mountain White-crowned Sparrow (<i>Zonotrichia leucophyrys oriantha</i>) nests by the golden-mantled ground squirrel (<i>Callospermophilus lateralis</i>) and long-tailed weasel (<i>Mustela frenata</i>)
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