Optimizing sampling design to deal with mist-net avoidance in Amazonian birds and bats.

Mist netting is a widely used technique to sample bird and bat assemblages. However, captures often decline with time because animals learn and avoid the locations of nets. This avoidance or net shyness can substantially decrease sampling efficiency. We quantified the day-to-day decline in captures...

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Main Authors: João Tiago Marques, Maria J Ramos Pereira, Tiago A Marques, Carlos David Santos, Joana Santana, Pedro Beja, Jorge M Palmeirim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3776857?pdf=render