Quantitative interpretation of images of long-nosed potoroos at baited camera-traps: defining a ‘visit’
Peter Jarman A C and Michael Driessen B
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A C/o School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 5, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia.
B Biodiversity Monitoring Section, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, PO Box 44, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: peterjjarman@gmail.com
Australian Mammalogy 41(1) 147-149 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM17057
Submitted: 21 November 2017 Accepted: 27 February 2018 Published: 4 April 2018
Abstract
We devised a way to distinguish separate visits by animals to a camera station. The probability that an image of a long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) would occur declined with time since the last potoroo image, reaching an asymptote after 5 min at a level that may represent the probability of initiation of new visits.
Additional keywords: abundance, activity, events, Potoroidae, Potorous tridactylus, survey methods.
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