A portable system for continuous monitoring of bird nests using digital video recorders

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 322-328

  Pierce, Andrew J ^a   Pobprasert, Korakoch ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Digital video recorder; Monitoring; Nest; Predation; Video surveillance

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 34548218693     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2007.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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