Title
Point Counts Underestimate the Importance of Arctic Foxes as Avian Nest Predators - Evidence from Remote Video Cameras in Arctic Alaskan Oil Fields
Author(s)
J. R. Liebezeit, Steve Zack
Published
2008
Publisher
Arctic 61:153-161.
Abstract
Video cameras and point count surveys were used to identify nest predators at active shorebird and passerine nests in the Prudhoe Bay region of Alaska. The surveys identified 16 potential nest predators, with glaucous gulls and parasitic jaegers making up more than 80% of the observations. However the video cameras showed arctic foxes as the predators in five of six predation events recorded with the cameras. These results indicate that estimated abundances of predators alone may not accurately reflect their true or proportional importance as nest predators.
Keywords
Arctic Alaska, Kuparuk, oil fields, nest predators, nest predation, passerines, Prudhoe Bay, shorebirds, video camera
Full Citation
Liebezeit, Joseph R., and Steve Zack. 2008. Point Counts Underestimate the Importance of Arctic Foxes as Avian Nest Predators: Evidence from Remote Video Cameras in Arctic Alaskan Oil Fields. Arctic 61:153-161.

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