Video Techniques in Animal Ecology and Behaviour

Video has vast potential in the biological sciences but researchers often do not have the technical confidence to embark on the purchase of equipment and software. Moreover, any new technique which purports to help biologists to develop new approaches to their field of study needs careful evaluation. This book provides that for the use of video techniques. Covering applied techniques both in the laboratory and the field, it demonstrates the way in which the technology of video has already been used successfully in biological research. From its use in a range of behavioural and ecological areas (e.g. dispersal, foraging and migration of animals) the latest results from leading expert researchers using such techniques are given. This book should be of interest to ecologists, entomologists, agriculturalists, applied biologists, ethologists and video technologists.