Experimental investigation of observation error in anuran call surveys

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1882-1893

  McClintock, Brett T ^a,d   Bailey, Larissa L ^b   Pollock, Kenneth H ^c   Simons, Theodore R ^c  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

auditory detection; aural detection; detection probability; false negative; false positive; imperfect detection; monitoring; site occupancy; species occurrence

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; AUDITORY CUE; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; PROBABILITY; SONGBIRD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

PASSERI;

EID: 77955457815     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-321     Document Type: Article

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