Evaluating Methods for Counting Cryptic Carnivores

By G. Balme, L. T. Hunter, Rob Slotow. 2009

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Subfields: Ecology

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1. T. O'Brien
2. Rob Slotow
3. L. T. Hunter
4. G. Balme
5. B. Harmsen
6. R. Foster
7. Beth Gardner
8. M. Kelly

Citations in the corpus

• Evaluating the potential biases in carnivore capture–recapture studies associated with the use of lure and varying density estimation techniques using photographic-sampling data of the Malagasy civet (2011, background): “Despite this frequent need to estimate the ETA, there is still much debate on a robust solution; most recommendations suggest variations on ad hoc boundary-strip methods (Soisalo and Cavalcanti 2006; Dillon and Kelly 2007; Maffei and Noss 2008; Balme et al. 2009).”
• Substrate and species constraints on the use of track incidences to estimate African large carnivore abundance (2010, methodology): “Some studies have combined direct and indirect sampling to define the relationship between track-based indices and actual densities (Stander, 1998; Balme et al., 2009).”
• Comparison of noninvasive genetic and camera-trapping techniques for surveying snow leopards (2011, background): “Concurrent genetic surveys and telemetry studies could explore various sampling strategies under specific environmental and biological conditions (Balme et al. 2009).”
• A critique of density estimation from camera-trap data† (2012, methodology): “The method used to estimate W and the ETA can profoundly influence the density estimate (e.g., Soisalo and Cavalcanti 2006, Balme et al. 2009), indicating that these conventional ad hoc methods for estimating density and ETA are not robust.”
• Improving density estimates for elusive carnivores: Accounting for sex-specific detection and movements using spatial capture–recapture models for jaguars in central Brazil (2011, result): “Controversially, similar studies for leopards (Balme et al., 2009) and ocelots (Maffei and Noss, 2008) reached the opposite conclusion.”
• Impact of conservation interventions on the dynamics and persistence of a persecuted leopard (Panthera pardus) population (2009, methodology): “a Mean maximum distance moved by leopards photographed on >1 occasion (Balme et al., 2009).”
• Abundance, Density and Relative Abundance: A Conceptual Framework (2011, background): “Recent work on a known leopard population in South Africa, however, supports the use of a 1⁄2 MMDM based on camera traps for estimating effective sampling area using camera traps (Balme et al. 2009).”
• Density Estimation in a Wolverine Population using Spatial Capture-Recapture Models (2011, background): “…of light-colored pelage on their ventral surface and this ventral pattern can be used to identify individuals from photographs, much as stripes and spots have been used to identify individual wild cats from photographs (Karanth and Nichols 1998, Soisalo and Cavalcanti 2006, Balme et al. 2009).”
• Edge effects and the impact of non‐protected areas in carnivore conservation: leopards in the Phinda–Mkhuze Complex, South Africa (2010, methodology): “In 2005, a new management strategy was instituted in KwaZulu-Natal to reduce edge effects and improve the conservation prospects of the province’s leopard population (Balme et al., 2009b).”
• Camera-trapping forest–woodland wildlife of western Uganda reveals how gregariousness biases estimates of relative abundance and distribution (2010, methodology): “Thus automatic cameras triggered by motion or body heat are increasingly being applied to species inventories, abundance estimation, and evaluation of conservation efforts (Balme et al., 2009; Mccarthy et al., 2008).”
• Bias in carnivore diet analysis resulting from misclassification of predator scats based on field identification (2016, background): “Counts or presence of scats are sometimes used in spoor or sign surveys to infer relative activity, abundance, or habitat use of predators (Crooks 2002, Balme et al. 2009, Bauer et al. 2014, Gulsby et al. 2015).”
• Estimating abundance of mountain lions from unstructured spatial sampling (2012, unknown): “Cost-effective methods for estimating abundance of large carnivores including mountain lions are needed for conservation and management (Cougar Management Guidelines Working Group 2005, Balme et al. 2009, Marucco et al. 2011).”