Undersampling bias: the null hypothesis for singleton species in tropical arthropod surveys

JA Coddington, I Agnarsson, JA Miller, M Kuntner… - Journal of animal …, 2009 - JSTOR
1. Frequency of singletons–species represented by single individuals–is anomalously high
in most large tropical arthropod surveys (average, 32%). 2. We sampled 5965 adult spiders …

Estimating mammalian species richness and occupancy in tropical forest canopies with arboreal camera traps

MT Bowler, MW Tobler, BA Endress… - Remote Sensing in …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Large and medium‐bodied rainforest canopy mammals are typically surveyed using line
transects, but these are labour intensive and usually ignore nocturnal species. Camera traps …

Congruence of local ecological knowledge (LEK)‐based methods and line‐transect surveys in estimating wildlife abundance in tropical forests

F Braga‐Pereira, TQ Morcatty… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Effective estimation of wildlife population abundance is an important component of
population monitoring, and ultimately essential for the development of conservation actions …

Evaluating the use of local ecological knowledge to monitor hunted tropical-forest wildlife over large spatial scales

L Parry, CA Peres - Ecology and Society, 2015 - JSTOR
Monitoring the distribution and abundance of hunted wildlife is critical to achieving
sustainable resource use, yet adequate data are sparse for most tropical regions …

Rapid simultaneous estimation of aboveground biomass and tree diversity across Neotropical forests: a comparison of field inventory methods

C Baraloto, Q Molto, S Rabaud, B Hérault… - Biotropica, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A standardized rapid inventory method providing information on both tree species diversity
and aboveground carbon stocks in tropical forests will be an important tool for evaluating …

iDNA screening: Disease vectors as vertebrate samplers

A Kocher, B de Thoisy, F Catzeflis, S Valière… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In the current context of global change and human‐induced biodiversity decline, there is an
urgent need for develo** sampling approaches able to accurately describe the state of …

Vertebrate population responses to reduced-impact logging in a neotropical forest

J Bicknell, CA Peres - Forest Ecology and Management, 2010 - Elsevier
Vertebrate population densities were quantified in lowland central Guyana using line-
transect censuses at three forest sites subjected to reduced-impact logging (RIL), and three …

Out on a limb: arboreal camera traps as an emerging methodology for inventorying elusive rainforest mammals

A Whitworth, LD Braunholtz… - Tropical …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Traditionally, arboreal rainforest mammals have been inventoried using ground-based
survey techniques. However, given the success of camera traps in detecting secretive …

Hunting for sustainability in tropical secondary forests

L Parry, JOS Barlow, CA Peres - Conservation Biology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The interaction between land‐use change and the sustainability of hunting is poorly
understood but is critical for sustaining hunted vertebrate populations and a protein supply …

Performance of camera trap** and track counts for surveying large mammals in rainforest remnants

KD Espartosa, BT Pinotti, R Pardini - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2011 - Springer
Getting information on terrestrial large mammals is particularly difficult in tropical rainforests
and in altered landscapes, since the traditionally used method (line-transect census) …