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Low cost audiovisual playback and recording triggered by radio frequency identification using Raspberry Pi
Playbacks of visual or audio stimuli to wild animals is a widely used experimental tool in behavioral ecology. In many cases, however, playback experiments are constrained by observer limitations such as the time observers can be present, or the accuracy of observation. These problems are particular...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4393811/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25870771 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.877 |
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author | Lendvai, Ádám Z. Akçay, Çağlar Weiss, Talia Haussmann, Mark F. Moore, Ignacio T. Bonier, Frances |
author_facet | Lendvai, Ádám Z. Akçay, Çağlar Weiss, Talia Haussmann, Mark F. Moore, Ignacio T. Bonier, Frances |
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description | Playbacks of visual or audio stimuli to wild animals is a widely used experimental tool in behavioral ecology. In many cases, however, playback experiments are constrained by observer limitations such as the time observers can be present, or the accuracy of observation. These problems are particularly apparent when playbacks are triggered by specific events, such as performing a specific behavior, or are targeted to specific individuals. We developed a low-cost automated playback/recording system, using two field-deployable devices: radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers and Raspberry Pi micro-computers. This system detects a specific passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag attached to an individual, and subsequently plays back the stimuli, or records audio or visual information. To demonstrate the utility of this system and to test one of its possible applications, we tagged female and male tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) from two box-nesting populations with PIT tags and carried out playbacks of nestling begging calls every time focal females entered the nestbox over a six-hour period. We show that the RFID-Raspberry Pi system presents a versatile, low-cost, field-deployable system that can be adapted for many audio and visual playback purposes. In addition, the set-up does not require programming knowledge, and it easily customized to many other applications, depending on the research questions. Here, we discuss the possible applications and limitations of the system. The low cost and the small learning curve of the RFID-Raspberry Pi system provides a powerful new tool to field biologists. |
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spelling | pubmed-43938112015-04-13 Low cost audiovisual playback and recording triggered by radio frequency identification using Raspberry Pi Lendvai, Ádám Z. Akçay, Çağlar Weiss, Talia Haussmann, Mark F. Moore, Ignacio T. Bonier, Frances PeerJ Animal Behavior Playbacks of visual or audio stimuli to wild animals is a widely used experimental tool in behavioral ecology. In many cases, however, playback experiments are constrained by observer limitations such as the time observers can be present, or the accuracy of observation. These problems are particularly apparent when playbacks are triggered by specific events, such as performing a specific behavior, or are targeted to specific individuals. We developed a low-cost automated playback/recording system, using two field-deployable devices: radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers and Raspberry Pi micro-computers. This system detects a specific passive integrated transponder (PIT) tag attached to an individual, and subsequently plays back the stimuli, or records audio or visual information. To demonstrate the utility of this system and to test one of its possible applications, we tagged female and male tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) from two box-nesting populations with PIT tags and carried out playbacks of nestling begging calls every time focal females entered the nestbox over a six-hour period. We show that the RFID-Raspberry Pi system presents a versatile, low-cost, field-deployable system that can be adapted for many audio and visual playback purposes. In addition, the set-up does not require programming knowledge, and it easily customized to many other applications, depending on the research questions. Here, we discuss the possible applications and limitations of the system. The low cost and the small learning curve of the RFID-Raspberry Pi system provides a powerful new tool to field biologists. PeerJ Inc. 2015-04-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4393811/ /pubmed/25870771 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.877 Text en © 2015 Lendvai et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
spellingShingle | Animal Behavior Lendvai, Ádám Z. Akçay, Çağlar Weiss, Talia Haussmann, Mark F. Moore, Ignacio T. Bonier, Frances Low cost audiovisual playback and recording triggered by radio frequency identification using Raspberry Pi |
title | Low cost audiovisual playback and recording triggered by radio frequency identification using Raspberry Pi |
title_full | Low cost audiovisual playback and recording triggered by radio frequency identification using Raspberry Pi |
title_fullStr | Low cost audiovisual playback and recording triggered by radio frequency identification using Raspberry Pi |
title_full_unstemmed | Low cost audiovisual playback and recording triggered by radio frequency identification using Raspberry Pi |
title_short | Low cost audiovisual playback and recording triggered by radio frequency identification using Raspberry Pi |
title_sort | low cost audiovisual playback and recording triggered by radio frequency identification using raspberry pi |
topic | Animal Behavior |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4393811/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25870771 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.877 |
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