Surveying tropical birds is much harder than you think: a primer of best practices

Abstract:

Birds are tempting to include in studies of tropical ecology and conservation. Yet, they are deceptively difficult to detect, identify and, particularly, count. We briefly review some common challenges of surveying tropical birds, offer guidance on the most important decisions to consider when selecting methodologies, and recommend best practices to ensure collection of reliable, repeatable, and reviewer-friendly survey data.

Año de publicación:

2018

Keywords:

• imperfect detection
• community inventory
• bird counting methods

Fuente:

scopus