Nonlinearity and seasonal bias in an index of brushtail possum abundance

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 976-984

  Forsyth, David M ^a,c   Link, William A ^b   Webster, Ray ^a,d   Nugent, Graham ^a   Warburton, Bruce ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Bayesian analysis; Brushtail possum; BUGS; New Zealand; North Island; Trapping; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MARSUPIAL; MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAMPLING BIAS; SEASONALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 27944447286     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0976:NASBIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. ANDERSON, D. R. 2001. The need to get the basics right in wildlife field studies. Wildlife Society Bulletin 29:1294-1297.
2. _, W. A. LINK, D. H. JOHNSON, AND K. P. BURNHAM. 2001. Suggestions for presenting the results of data analyses. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:373-378.
3. CASELLA, G., AND E. I. GEORGE. 1992. Explaining the Gibbs sampler. American Statistician 46:167-174.
4. CAUGHLEY, G. 1977. Analysis of vertebrate populations. John Wiley, London, United Kingdom.
5. CLOUT, M., AND K. ERICKSEN. 2000. Anatomy of a disastrous success: the brushtail possum as an invasive species. Pages 1-9 in T. L. Montague, editor. The brushtail possum: biology, impact and management of an introduced marsupial. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.
6. COLEMAN, J. D., AND P. LIVINGSTONE. 2000. Fewer possums: less bovine Tb. Pages 220-231 in T. L. Montague, editor. The brushtail possum: biology, impact and management of an introduced marsupial. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.
7. COWAN, P. E. 1990. Brushtail possum. Pages 68-98 in C. M. King, editor. The handbook of New Zealand mammals. Oxford University Press, Auckland, New Zealand.
8. _., AND M. CLOUT. 2000. Possums on the move: activity patterns, home ranges, and dispersal. Pages 24-34 in T. L. Montague, editor. The brushtail possum: biology, impact and management of an introduced marsupial. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.
9. EASON, C., B. WARBURTON, AND R. HENDERSON. 2000. Toxicants used for possum control. Pages 154-163 in T. L. Montague, editor. The brushtail possum: biology, impact and management of an introduced marsupial. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.
10. EFFORD, M. 1998. Demographic consequences of sex-biased dispersal in a population of brushtail possums. Journal of Animal Ecology 67:503-517.
11. _, B. WARBURTON, AND N. SPENCER. 2000. Home-range changes by brushtail possums in response to control. Wildlife Research 27:117-127.
12. GARSHELIS, D. L., J. A. AMES, R. A. HARDY, AND F. E. WENDELL. 1990. Indices used to assess status of sea otter populations: a comment. Journal of Wildlife Management 54:260-269.
13. GIBBS, J. P. 2000. Monitoring populations. Pages 213-252 in L. Boitani and T. K. Fuller, editors. Research techniques in animal ecology. Columbia University Press, New York, USA.
14. HICKLING, G., AND C. J. PEKELHARING. 1989. Intrinsic rate of increase for a brushtail possum population in rata/kamahi forest, Westland. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 12:117-120.
15. LINK, W. A., E. CAM, J. D. NICHOLS, AND E. G. COOCH. 2002. Of BUGS and birds: Markov chain Monte Carlo for hierarchical modeling in wildlife research. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:277-291.
16. MONTAGUE, T., AND B. WARBURTON. 2000. Non-toxic techniques for possum control. Pages 164-174 in T. L. Montague, editor. The brushtail possum: biology, impact and management of an introduced marsupial. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.
17. MORGAN, D. R., AND G. HICKLING. 2000. Techniques used for poisoning possums. Pages 143-153 in T. L. Montague, editor. The brushtail possum: biology, impact and management of an introduced marsupial. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.
18. NATIONAL POSSUM CONTROL AGENCIES. 2002. Protocol for possum population monitoring using the trap-catch method. National Possum Control Agencies, Wellington, New Zealand.
19. NELSON, L., AND F. W. CLARK. 1973. Correction for sprung traps in catch/effort calculations of trapping results. Journal of Mammalogy 54:295-298.
20. PAYTON, I. 2000. Damage to native forests. Pages 111-125 in T. L. Montague, editor. The brushtail possum: biology, impact and management of an introduced marsupial. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.
21. SADLEIR, R. 2000. Evidence of possums as predators of native animals. Pages 126-131 in T. L. Montague, editor. The brushtail possum: biology, impact and management of an introduced marsupial. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.
22. SEBER, G. A. F. 1982. The estimation of animal abundance. Second edition. Charles Griffin, London, United Kingdom.
23. SPIEGELHALTER, D. J., A. THOMAS, N. G. BEST, AND W. R. GILKS. 1996. BUGS: Bayesian inference using Gibbs sampling. Version 0.50. Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
24. STEIDL, R. J., J. P. HAYES, AND E. SCHAUBER. 1997. Statistical power analysis in wildlife research. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:270-279.
25. THOMPSON, W. L., G. C. WHITE, AND C. GOWAN. 1998. Monitoring vertebrate populations. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
26. VELTMAN, C. J., AND D. N. PINDER. 2001. Brushtail possum mortality and ambient temperatures following aerial poisoning using 1080. Journal of Wildlife Management 65:391-396.
27. WARBURTON, B. 2000. Monitoring possum populations. Pages 132-142 in T. L. Montague, editor. The brushtail possum: biology, impact and management of an introduced marsupial. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand.