
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lindenmayer, D. B. 
A1  - Cunningham, R. B. 
A1  - Donnelly, C. F. 
A1  - Incoll, R. D. 
A1  - Pope, M. L. 
A1  - Tribolet, C. R. 
A1  - Viggers, K. L. 
A1  - Welsh, A. H. 
T1  - How effective is spotlighting for detecting the greater glider (<emph type="2">Petauroides volans</emph>)?
JF  - Wildlife Research
JO  - Wildl. Res.
Y1  - 2001
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
SP  - 105
EP  - 109
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WR00002 
N2  - The efficacy of spotlighting as a field survey technique for detecting the greater glider (Petauroides volans) was assessed by comparing the precise location of radio-tracked animals with locations determined simultaneously from spotlighting searches. Radio-collars were fitted to 20 greater gliders in three eucalypt patches embedded within an extensive radiata pine (Pinus radiata) plantation near Tumut in south-eastern New South Wales. Our success rate for detecting collared animals was low, even when survey effort was increased. These findings suggest that spotlighting underestimates actual population size. A further, properly designed study, in different forest types is needed to provide precise estimates of the magnitude of the bias in counts of P. volans obtained by spotlighting. 
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