An improved automatic trap for capturing birds in nest boxes. Issue 3 (4th May 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- An improved automatic trap for capturing birds in nest boxes. Issue 3 (4th May 2019)
- Main Title:
- An improved automatic trap for capturing birds in nest boxes
- Authors:
- Zhang, Lei
Wang, Juan
Zhang, Congying
Shu, Xuetong
Yin, Jiangxia
Wan, Dongmei - Abstract:
- Abstract : Several traps have been designed for capturing birds in their nest boxes, and questions remain concerning the effectiveness, reliability and automatism of the traps. Here we developed an automatic trap, designed to capture parent birds in artificial nest boxes. When a bird enters the nest box, the trap will be triggered by pulling on a twig treadle and the door will shut securely with a magnet. During 2014–2016, the trap was used to capture Varied tits ( Parus varius ), Marsh tits ( Parus palustris ) and Great tits ( Parus major ) during the breeding seasons. We captured 177 birds, with a trigger rate of 92.2%, a capture rate of 100% and an average capture time of 22.5 ± 19.6 min. No known trap-related injuries or desertions occurred. This light weight, easily operated, and highly efficient trap improves the data collection and results during field work. This trap can be used in a wide variety of nest boxes to capture songbirds.
- Is Part Of:
- Ethology, ecology & evolution. Volume 31:Issue 3(2019)
- Journal:
- Ethology, ecology & evolution
- Issue:
- Volume 31:Issue 3(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 31, Issue 3 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0031-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 277
- Page End:
- 282
- Publication Date:
- 2019-05-04
- Subjects:
- trap -- capturing -- parental birds -- hole-nesting
Animal behavior -- Periodicals
Animal ecology -- Periodicals
Behavior evolution -- Periodicals
Behavior, Animal -- Periodicals
Ecology -- Periodicals
Biological Evolution -- Periodicals
Écologie animale -- Périodiques
Évolution du comportement -- Périodiques
Éthologie -- Périodiques
Animal behavior
Animal ecology
Behavior evolution
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- http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/20334991.html ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/teee20/current ↗
http://www.unifi.it/unifi/dbag/eee/ ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/03949370.2018.1553799 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0394-9370
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