An inexpensive portable platform for wildlife observation in the forest canopy

Since the 1980s, many canopy access methods have been developed, ranging from light, small and low-cost techniques to large, heavy and expensive ones. Nevertheless, few "low-tech" methods offer comfort and security during wildlife observation in the canopy. Herein, we describe a light port...

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Autores principales:	Peña-Foxon,Maurice, Díaz,Iván A
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales 2012
Materias:	swing canopy access tree climbing birdwatching
Acceso en línea:	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002012000200014
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-920020120002000142012-10-26An inexpensive portable platform for wildlife observation in the forest canopyPeña-Foxon,MauriceDíaz,Iván A swing canopy access tree climbing birdwatching Since the 1980s, many canopy access methods have been developed, ranging from light, small and low-cost techniques to large, heavy and expensive ones. Nevertheless, few "low-tech" methods offer comfort and security during wildlife observation in the canopy. Herein, we describe a light portable swing that is quick and easy to install. This swing provides excellent comfort and security conditions and has been used during several hours of bird surveys in the Chilean temperate rainforest canopy.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias ForestalesBosque (Valdivia) v.33 n.2 20122012-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002012000200014en10.4067/S0717-92002012000200014
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description	Since the 1980s, many canopy access methods have been developed, ranging from light, small and low-cost techniques to large, heavy and expensive ones. Nevertheless, few "low-tech" methods offer comfort and security during wildlife observation in the canopy. Herein, we describe a light portable swing that is quick and easy to install. This swing provides excellent comfort and security conditions and has been used during several hours of bird surveys in the Chilean temperate rainforest canopy.
author	Peña-Foxon,Maurice Díaz,Iván A
author_facet	Peña-Foxon,Maurice Díaz,Iván A
author_sort	Peña-Foxon,Maurice
title	An inexpensive portable platform for wildlife observation in the forest canopy
title_short	An inexpensive portable platform for wildlife observation in the forest canopy
title_full	An inexpensive portable platform for wildlife observation in the forest canopy
title_fullStr	An inexpensive portable platform for wildlife observation in the forest canopy
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publisher	Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales
publishDate	2012
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An inexpensive portable platform for wildlife observation in the forest canopy

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