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How to Count Parrots: Comparing the Performance of Point and Transect Counts for Surveying Tasman Parakeets (Cyanoramphus cookii)

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العنوان: How to Count Parrots: Comparing the Performance of Point and Transect Counts for Surveying Tasman Parakeets (Cyanoramphus cookii)
المؤلفون: Michael John Adam Skirrow, Luis Ortiz-Catedral, Adam N. H. Smith
المصدر: Diversity ; Volume 16 ; Issue 11 ; Pages: 698
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: parrots, population monitoring, density estimates, point count, transect count, statistical resampling, Norfolk Island
جغرافية الموضوع: agris
الوصف: Obtaining precise estimates of population size and trends through time is important for the effective management and conservation of threatened species. For parrots (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae), obtaining such estimates can be challenging, particularly for cryptic species that occur in low densities in complex and/or fragmented habitats. We used a statistical resampling approach with the aim to compare the reliability and precision of counts for the critically endangered Tasman parakeet (Cyanoramphus cookii) that were taken using two methods on Norfolk Island (Pacific Ocean), namely, fixed-point counts and line transect counts. The detections obtained during fixed-point counts had better estimated precision (0.274) than line transect counts (0.476). The fixed-point method was also more efficient, yielding 1.338 parakeet detections per count compared to the 0.642 parakeet detections per count obtained by the line transect method. Although Tasman parakeets can be detected by either of these methods, our research demonstrates that the fixed-point method is more precise and reliable. These findings can help prioritise resources for the long-term monitoring of recovering populations of this species and similar island species.
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اللغة: English
Relation: Animal Diversity; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d16110698
DOI: 10.3390/d16110698
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/d16110698
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.C0FFDA62
قاعدة البيانات: BASE