Comparison of Minimally Invasive Monitoring Methods and Live Trapping in Mammals.

ABSTRACT: The conservation and management of wildlife requires the accurate assessment of wildlife population sizes. However, there is a lack of synthesis of research that compares methods used to estimate population size in the wild. Using a meta-analysis approach, we compared the number of detected individuals in a study made using live trapping and less invasive approaches, such as camera trapping and genetic identification. We scanned 668 papers related to these methods and identified data for 44 populations (all focused on mammals) wherein at least two methods (live trapping, camera trapping, genetic identification) were used. We used these data to quantify the difference in number of individuals detected using trapping and less invasive methods using a regression and used the residuals from ea

SUBMITTER: Miranda Paez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8702163 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature