Overcoming low detectability in snake conservation research: Case studies from the Southeast USA

University of Arkansas, Florida Gulf Coast University
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Abstract

Goals of conservation research include detecting and monitoring changes in abundance, understanding species interactions, detecting extinction events of imperiled species, and detecting colonization events and spread of non-native species. Achieving these goals is difficult or impossible when the target species is rarely encountered or when the number of individuals detected is unrelated to the true population size, as is often the case with snakes. Here, we review the challenges that low species-level and individual-level detection probability cause for snake conservation research, present four case studies demonstrating approaches we have used to overcome low detection probability, and highlight priority areas for future research and method development.
Publication type Book chapter
Publication Subtype Book Chapter
Title Overcoming low detectability in snake conservation research: Case studies from the Southeast USA
Volume 4
Year Published 2024
Language English
Publisher Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Contributing office(s) Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Description 16 p.
Larger Work Type Book
Larger Work Subtype Monograph
Larger Work Title Strategies for Conservation Success in Herpetology
First page 89
Last page 104
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