2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of an animal-borne video system and its application to seabirds
| Project/Area Number |
23657023
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Ecology/Environment
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| Research Institution | Tokai University |
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Principal Investigator |
KOHNO Hiroyoshi 東海大学, 沖縄地域研究センター, 准教授 (30439682)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YODA Ken 名古屋大学, 環境学研究科, 准教授 (10378606)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 生態系 / 海鳥 / 巣立ち後世話期間 / 行動発達 / 社会的相互作用 / データロガー / GPS / 動物搭載型ビデオカメラ |
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| Research Abstract |
We deployed miniaturized video recorders on juvenile brown boobies (Sula leucogaster) to record foraging behavior and social interactions in inaccessible environments. Concomitant with the use of GPS data loggers, the video records showed that the seabirds were likely to gain public information on foraging grounds, which might directly enhance their foraging success and improve foraging and flying skills during their developmental stage, or both.
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