A Video Surveillance System to Monitor Breeding Colonies of Common Terns (Sterna Hirundo).

ABSTRACT: Many waterbird populations have faced declines over the last century, including the common tern (Sterna hirundo), a waterbird species with a widespread breeding distribution, that has been recently listed as endangered in some habitats of its range. Waterbird monitoring programs exist to track populations through time; however, some of the more intensive approaches require entering colonies and can be disruptive to nesting populations. This paper describes a protocol that utilizes a minimally invasive surveillance system to continuously monitor common tern nesting behavior in typical ground-nesting colonies. The video monitoring system utilizes wireless cameras focused on individual nests as well as over the colony as a whole, and allows for observation without entering the colony. The vid

SUBMITTER: Wall JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6126524 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature