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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"automated radio telemetry"”.
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Factors most closely explaining activity patterns and behavior of northern saw-whet owls in migratory stopover habitat
… is known regarding how owls interact. I used automated radio telemetry and acoustic playbacks to determine if NSWO moved towards or away from conspecific vocalizations and recorded any vocal response from the owls. I played vocalizations to radio-tagged owls near an automated radio telemetry …
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A Method for Detecting Nesting Activity, Thermal Implications of Different Nesting Strategies, and Activity Patterns of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene Ornata)
… cryptic species. I developed a method that uses automated radio telemetry to identify nesting activity, allowing me to non-disruptively collect eggs from a species in which nests are notoriously difficult to find, and to monitor the nesting activity of many more animals than would otherwise be …
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Understanding the spring migration ecology of Sora and Virginia Rail in central Illinois: a study utiilizing automated telemetry
… sites and daily activity during stopover using automated radio telemetry. Automated telemetry was also used to investigate factors influencing departure behavior of Sora and Virginia Rail and the Motus Tracking Network was used to identify regional movements after departure. These results …
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Behavioral ecology of juvenile brown-headed cowbirds: implications for the evolution and maintenance of avian brood parasitism
… on their host’s phenotype. Using an automated radio telemetry system to identify the presence-absence (every 1-2 minutes) within a forest for juvenile and adult female cowbirds, I concluded that juveniles typically depart the host’s care solitarily. Therefore, innate segregation …
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The nocturnal behaviors of yellow-breasted chats
… movements at night, and if so, why. I used an automated radio telemetry system to quantify the nocturnal movements of male and female chats. I found that males and females moved at night, and that they moved significantly more often when the female of a given pair was fertile. Both males and …
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Ring-necked Pheasant and hunter interactions
… wildlife. To assess the behavior of pheasants, I radio-tagged male and female pheasants and established an Automated Radio Telemetry System on each site, which allowed for frequent tracking (every 3-5 min) of radio-tagged pheasants. To assess the behavior of hunters, they carried GPS units during …
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Pre- to post-fledging carryover effects and the post-fledging ecology of the Dickcissel (Spiza americana)
… survival? From May to August of 2014 and 2015, I radio-tagged, quantified body condition and wing development at fledging, and monitored the survival of 104 fledgling Dickcissels in two grasslands of central Illinois, USA. For fledglings that died, I attempted to identify the cause of death: …
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MOVING THE GOALPOSTS: MIGRATORY BIRDS IN A CHANGING WORLD
… weather or food shortages. Using the Motus automated radio telemetry network, I tracked individual songbirds as they traveled from the southern U.S. towards their breeding areas in spring. I used estimates of spring onset timing at different points on their migration routes to determine if …
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Shorebirds in a changing landscape: Assessing the top-down and bottom-up drivers of American oystercatcher (<i>Haematopus palliatus</i>) reproductive success in the Virginia barrier islands
… using a combination of field-based surveys and automated radio telemetry methods. Next, we used remotely sensed data to explore how climate-driven ecosystem state change on the Virginia barrier islands may be driving changes in the abundance and distribution of American oystercatcher nesting …