Video Techniques in Animal Ecology and Behaviour

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Flying insects in the field

   • J. R. Riley

   Pages 1-15

3. Flying insects in the laboratory

   • S. Young, J. Hardie, G. Gibson

   Pages 17-32

4. Parasites and Predators

   • M. J. Varley, M. J. W. Copland, S. D. Wratten, M. H. Bowie

   Pages 33-63

5. Terrestrial molluscs

   • S. E. R. Bailey

   Pages 65-88

6. Marine video

   • C. S. Wardle, C. D. Hall

   Pages 89-111

7. Wild birds

   • K. W. Smith

   Pages 113-123

8. Farm animals

   • C. Sherwin

   Pages 125-144

9. Companion Animals

   • H. M. R. Nott, J. W. S. Bradshaw

   Pages 145-161

10. Video and microorganisms

    • K. Sugino

    Pages 163-204

11. Back Matter

    Pages 205-211

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This book is about video techniques, not video technology. To deal with the latter would be a thankless task, as by the time the book was published it would be out of date, given the rapid rate of development of video hardware. However, these technological advances do help to make it an exciting field. As Joe Riley says in Chapter 1, 'Advances in video technology continually produce improvements in performance and reductions in both the cost and size of equipment, so it seems certain that the technique will prove to be an even more useful resource . . . in the future. ' In selecting the topics and authors represented in this book, I have tried to encompass most of the behavioural and ecological uses to which video is likely to be put over the next decade or so. I believe the book has captured the invaluable accumulated experience of the most active practitioners of the medium in this research area. The idea for the book arose from two workshops on the use of video in ecology and behaviour held at Southampton University, UK, during the 1980s. Three learned societies were involved in these meetings: the Association of Applied Biologists, the British Ecological Society and the Society for Experimental Biology.

• animal ecology
• ecology
• insects
• microorganism

`...an essential reference handbook for postgraduate students and researchers in higher education and industry who are involved in studies of reproductive and foraging behaviour and of the feeding and dispersal in vertebrates and invertebrates.'
Ethology, Ecology and Evolution
`A practical sourcebook devoted to the applications of video techniques in the study of movement in organisms in the field and laboratory. It describes in detail systems used for exploring the behavior and ecology of animals as diverse as protozoa, molluscs, mites, predatory and flying insects, as well as domestic, wild, and farm vertebrates.'
SciTech Book News (April 1994)
`The final judgement on a book like this is whether it motivates one to run right out and buy a video camera and associated computer equipment or not. Given the resources, we would do so (in the mean time, we recommend borrowing time on a colleague's system). ...If you are new to applications of video technology and think that you may have a good situation for an application, then a first look at a couple of the chapters in this book is an excellent way to examine the practical difficulties that you may have.'
Acta Oecologica

• Department of Entomology and Animal Ecology, Lincoln University, New Zealand

  Stephen D. Wratten

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