Considerations for monitoring a rare anuran (Eleutherodactylus augusti)
Southwestern Naturalist
By: C.S. Goldberg and C.R. Schwalbe
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Abstract
Monitoring wildlife populations is a challenging task for scientists and resource managers. We assessed 4 methods for monitoring population size of barking frogs (Eleutherodactylus augusti) in southern Arizona: mark-recapture, distance sampling, call counts, and visual encounter surveys. Because of the ecology and behavior of this species, all methods produced data that contained too much variability and bias to be useful for monitoring population size. For cryptic species such as barking frogs, monitoring programs might be more effective if they focus on parameters other than population size.
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Goldberg, C., and Schwalbe, C., 2004, Considerations for monitoring a rare anuran (Eleutherodactylus augusti): Southwestern Naturalist, v. 49, no. 4, p. 442-448, https://doi.org/10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0442:CFMARA>2.0.CO;2.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Considerations for monitoring a rare anuran (Eleutherodactylus augusti) |
| Series title | Southwestern Naturalist |
| DOI | 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0442:CFMARA>2.0.CO;2 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 2004 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Southwestern Naturalist |
| First page | 442 |
| Last page | 448 |