A comparison of the effectiveness of camera trapping and live trapping for sampling terrestrial small-mammal communities

Wildlife Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 456-465

  De Bondi, Natasha ^a   White, John G ^a   Stevens, Mike ^a,b   Cooke, Raylene ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Grampians National Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

camera trapping; cost effectiveness; small mammal; survey methods; trapping

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FIELD SURVEY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SAMPLING; SMALL MAMMAL; SURVEYING; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; GRAMPIANS NATIONAL PARK; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77958496198     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR10046     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Barea-Azcón, J. M., Virgos, E., Ballesteros-Duperon, E., Moleon, M., and Chirosa, M. (2007). Surveying carnivores at large spatial scales: a comparison of four broad-applied methods. Biodiversity and Conservation 16, 1213-1230. doi:10.1007/s10531-006-9114-x (Pubitemid 46712780)
2. Cayley, R. A., and Taylor, D. H. (1997). Grampians special map area geological report. Geological Survey of Victoria Report 107. Crown State of Victoria, Melbourne.
3. Cowardin, L. M. (1969). Use of flooded timber by waterfowl at Montezuma national wildlife refuge. The Journal of Wildlife Management 33, 829-842. doi:10.2307/3799314
4. Cutler, T. L., and Swann, D. E. (1999). Using remote photography in wildlife ecology: a review. Wildlife Society Bulletin 27, 571-581.
5. Foster, M. L., and Humphrey, S. R. (1995). Use of highway underpasses by Florida panthers and other wildlife. Wildlife Society Bulletin 23, 95-100.
6. Garden, J. G., McAlpine, C. A., Possingham, H. P., and Jones, D. N. (2007). Using multiple survey methods to detect terrestrial reptiles and mammals: what are the most successful and cost-efficient combinations? Wildlife Research 34, 218-227.
7. Gonzalez-Esteban, J., Villate, I., and Irizar, I. (2004). Assessing camera traps for surveying the european mink, Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761), distribution. European Journal of Wildlife Research 50, 33-36. doi:10.1007/s10344-003-0031-y (Pubitemid 38689041)
8. Hamm, K. A., Diller, L. V., and Kitchen, D. W. (2002). Comparison of indices to estimate abundance of dusky-footed woodrats. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30, 64-70.
9. Hines, J. E. (2006).PRESENCE2- Software to estimate patch occupancy and related parameters. USGS-PWRC. Available at http://www.mbr-pwrc. usgs.gov/software/presence.html [accessed June 2010].
10. Hourigan, C. L., Catterall, C. P., Jones, D., and Rhodes, M. (2008). A comparison of the effectiveness of bat detectors and harp traps for surveying bats in an urban landscape. Wildlife Research 35, 768-774. doi:10.1071/WR07154
11. Jones, C., McShea, W. J., Conroy, M. J., and Kunz, T. H. (1996). Capturing mammals. In 'Measuring and Monitoring Biological Diversity: Standard Methods for Mammals'. (Eds D. E. Wilson, F. R. Cole, J. D. Nichols, R. Rudran and M. S. Foster.) pp. 115-155. (Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, DC.)
12. Karanth, K. U., and Nichols, J. D. (1998). Estimation of tiger densities in India using photographic captures and recaptures. Ecology 79, 2852-2862. doi:10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2852:EOTDII]2.0.CO;2
13. Kelly, M. J. (2008). Design, evaluate, refine: camera trap studies for elusive species. Animal Conservation 11, 182-184. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1795. 2008.00179.x
14. Kelly, M. J., and Holub, E. L. (2008). Camera trapping of carnivores: trap success among camera types and across species, and habitat selection by species, on salt pond mountain, Giles County, Virginia. Northeastern Naturalist 15, 249-262. doi:10.1656/1092-6194(2008)15[249: CTOCTS]2.0.CO;2
15. Kelly,M.J., Noss, A. J., Di Bitetti,M.S., Maffei, L., Arispe, R. L., Paviolo, A., De Angelo, C. D., and Di Blanco, Y. E. (2008). Estimating puma densities from camera trapping across three study sites: Bolivia, Argentina and Belize. Journal of Mammalogy 89, 408-418. doi:10.1644/06-MAMMA-424R.1
16. Kelt, D. A. (1996). Ecology of small mammals across a strong environmental gradient in southern South America. Journal of Mammalogy 77, 205-219. doi:10.2307/1382722
17. Kéry, M. (2002). Inferring the absence of a species - a case study of snakes. The Journal of Wildlife Management 66, 330-338. doi:10.2307/3803165
18. King, C. M., McDonald, R. M., Martin, R. D., Tempero, G. W., and Holmes, S. J. (2007). Long-term automated monitoring of the distribution of small carnivores. Wildlife Research 34, 140-148. doi:10.1071/WR05091 (Pubitemid 46658547)
19. Koerth, B. H., McKown, C. D., and Kroll, J. C. (1997). Infrared triggered camera versus helicopter counts of white-tailed deer. Wildlife Society Bulletin 25, 557-562.
20. Krebs, C. J. (1999). 'Ecological Methodology.' 2nd edn. (Benjamin/ Cummings: Menlo Park, CA.)
21. Larrucea, E. S., and Brussard, P. F. (2008). Habitat selection and current distribution of the pygmy rabbit in Nevada and California, USA. Journal of Mammalogy 89, 691-699. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-199R.1 (Pubitemid 351858556)
22. Lyra-Jorge, M. C., Ciocheti, G., Pivello, V. R., and Meirelles, S. T. (2008). Comparing methods for sampling large- and medium-sized mammals: camera traps and track plots. European Journal of Wildlife Research 54, 739-744. doi:10.1007/s10344-008-0205-8
23. MacKenzie, D. I., Nichols, J. D., Lachman, G. B., Droege, S., Royle, J. A., and Langtim, C. A. (2002). Estimating site occupancy rates when detection probabilities are less than one. Ecology 83, 2248-2255. doi:10.1890/ 0012-9658(2002)083[2248:ESORWD]2.0.CO;2
24. Maffei, L., Noss, A. J., Cuéllar, E., and Rumiz, D. I. (2005). Ocelot (Felis pardalis) population densities, activity and ranging behaviour in the dry forests of eastern Bolivia: data from camera trapping. Journal of Tropical Ecology 21, 349-353. doi:10.1017/S0266467405002397 (Pubitemid 40856373)
25. McKelvey, K. S., and Pearson, D. E. (2001). Population estimation with sparse data: the role of estimators versus indices revisited. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79, 1754-1765. doi:10.1139/cjz-79-10-1754 (Pubitemid 34004266)
26. Moruzzi, T. L., Fuller, T. K., Degraaf, R. M., Brooks, R. T., and Li, W. J. (2002). Assessing remotely triggered cameras for surveying carnivore distribution. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30, 380-386.
27. Nichols, J. D., and Pollock, K. H. (1983). Estimation methodology in contemporary small mammal capture-recapture studies. Journal of Mammalogy 64, 253-260. doi:10.2307/1380555
28. O'Brien, T. G., Kinnaird,M.F., and Wibisono, H. T. (2003). Crouching tigers, hidden prey: Sumatran tiger and prey populations in a tropical forest landscape. Animal Conservation 6, 131-139. doi:10.1017/ S1367943003003172 (Pubitemid 40281180)
29. Parks Victoria (2003). 'Grampians National Park Management Plan.' pp. 3-4. (Parks Victoria: Melbourne.)
30. Peterson, L. M., and Thomas, J. A. (1998). Performance of trailmaster infrared sensors in monitoring captive coyotes. Wildlife Society Bulletin 26, 592-596.
31. Pollock, K. H., Nichols, J. D., Simons, T. R., Farnsworth, G. L., Bailey, L. L., and Sauer, J. R. (2002). Large scale wildlife monitoring studies: statistical methods for design and analysis. Environmetrics 13, 105-119. doi:10.1002/env.514 (Pubitemid 34235097)
32. Read, D. G. (1988). Weather and trap response of the dasyurid marsupials Sminthopsis-crassicaudata, Planigale-gilesi and Planigaletenuirostris. Australian Wildlife Research 15, 139-148. doi:10.1071/ WR9880139
33. Rowcliffe, J., Field, J., Turvey, S. T., and Carbone, C. (2008). Estimating animal density using camera traps without the need for individual recognition. Journal of Applied Ecology 45, 1228-1236. doi:10.1111/ j.1365-2664.2008.01473.x
34. Sadlier, L.M.J., Webbon,C. C., Baker, P. J., and Harris, S. (2004). Methodsof monitoring red foxes Vulpes vulpes and badgers Meles meles: are field signs the answer? Mammal Review 34, 75-98. doi:10.1046/j.0305-1838.2003.00029.x (Pubitemid 38342193)
35. Silveira, L., Jacomo, A. T. A., and Diniz, J. A. F. (2003). Camera trap, line transect census and track surveys: a comparative evaluation. Biological Conservation 114, 351-355. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00063-6 (Pubitemid 37118254)
36. Stanley, T. R., and Royle, J. A. (2005). Estimating site occupancy and abundance using indirect detection indices. The Journal of Wildlife Management 69, 874-883. doi:10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0874: ESOAAU]2.0.CO;2
37. Sweitzer, R. A., Van Vuren, D., Gardner, I. A., Boyce, W. M., and Waithman, J. D. (2000). Estimating sizes of wild pig populations in the north and central coast regions of California. The Journal of Wildlife Management 64, 531-543. doi:10.2307/3803251
38. Tasker, E. M., and Dickman, C. R. (2002). A review of elliott trapping methods for small mammals in Australia. Australian Mammalogy 23, 77-87.
39. Thompson, G. G., and Thompson, S. A. (2007). Usefulness of funnel traps in catching small reptiles and mammals, with comments on the effectiveness of the alternatives. Wildlife Research 34, 491-497. doi:10.1071/ WR06081
40. Trolle, M., and Kery, M. (2003). Estimation of ocelot density in the Pantanal using capture-recapture analysis of camera-trapping data. Journal of Mammalogy 84, 607-614. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0607: EOODIT>2.0.CO;2
41. Trolle, M., Noss, A. J., Lima, E. D. S., and Dalponte, J.C. (2007). Camera-trap studies of maned wolf density in the cerrado and the pantanal of Brazil. Biodiversity and Conservation 16, 1197-1204. doi:10.1007/s10531-006- 9105-y (Pubitemid 46712778)
42. Trolle, M., Noss, A. J., Cordeiro, J. L. P., and Oliveira, L. F. B. (2008). Brazilian tapir density in the pantanal: a comparison of systematic cameratrapping and line-transect surveys. Biotropica 40, 211-217. doi:10.1111/ j.1744-7429.2007.00350.x
43. Van Dyck, S., and Strahan, R. (Eds) (2008). 'The Mammals of Australia.' 3rd edn. (Reed New Holland: Sydney.)
44. Vernes, K., and Haydon, D. T. (2001). Effect of fire on northern bettong (Bettongia tropica) foraging behaviour. Austral Ecology 26, 649-659. doi:10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01141.x
45. Vine, S. J., Crowther, M. S., Lapidge, S. J., Dickman, C. R., Mooney, N., Piggot,M.P., and English, A.W.(2009). Comparison of methods to detect rare and cryptic species: a case study using the red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Wildlife Research 36, 436-446. doi:10.1071/WR08069
46. Watkins, A. F., McWhirter, J. L., and King, C. M. (2010). Variable detectability in long-term population surveys of small mammals. European Journal of Wildlife Research 56, 261-274. doi:10.1007/ s10344-009-0308-x
47. Whisson, D. A., Engeman, R. M., and Collins, K. (2005). Developing relative abundance techniques (RATs) for monitoring rodent populations. Wildlife Research 32, 239-244. doi:10.1071/WR03128 (Pubitemid 41127453)
48. Wiewel, A. S., Clark, W. R., and Sovada, M. A. (2007). Assessing small mammal abundance with track-tube indices and mark-recapture population estimates. Journal of Mammalogy 88, 250-260. doi:10.1644/ 06-MAMM-A-098R1.1
49. Yates, F. (1934). Contingency tables involving small numbers and the c2 test. Supplement to the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 1, 217-235. doi:10.2307/2983604