Using ground-placed PVC pipes to monitor hylid treefrogs: Capture biases
Southeastern Naturalist
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Abstract
We sampled a population of two species of hylid treefrogs using 90 vertical ground-placed PVC pipes of 3 diameters positioned along a 1500-m transect at a forest-open pond ecotone in north-central Florida in order to identify potential capture biases. We recorded 1,981 treefrog observations (778 unmarked, 1,203 recaptures) in 8 months. Our results identified species-specific seasonal and weather-related variation in capture by pipe diameter and pipe location. These biases may limit the usefulness of this sampling technique when monitoring long-term treefrog population status and trends.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Using ground-placed PVC pipes to monitor hylid treefrogs: Capture biases |
| Series title | Southeastern Naturalist |
| DOI | 10.1656/1528-7092(2003)002[0575:UGPPTM]2.0.CO;2 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | BioOne |
| Contributing office(s) | Florida Integrated Science Center |
| Description | 16 p. |
| First page | 575 |
| Last page | 590 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |