Hello Dear Friends, I've been conducting some studies regarding post-dispersal seed predation in agricultural systems. I've used game cameras set up at my experimental seed feeding arenas to capture images of the animals that visit these arenas. So far, my interest has mainly been in documenting what kinds of animals are feeding on the seeds.
I'd like to use this technology in a study that will look at trophic perturbations caused by large seed subsidies in natural systems. In this instance, I'd probably want to assess the population density of various species of animals that consume seeds. I've read papers where "camera traps" were used to collect data for mark and recapture estimates of population density for large mammals. But I can't quite see how I would use this method for small mammmals. Does anyone out there have any experience with this sort of thing? Many thanks, Greta Gramig
