Nocturnal distance sampling all‐terrain vehicle surveys for nonbreeding rails
ABSTRACT Rails (Family: Rallidae) are among the most difficult birds to detect. Although methods have been developed to optimize detection during the breeding season, there is no current suitable survey method for the nonbreeding season. Low detection of rails and lack of suitable methods limit moni...
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| description | ABSTRACT Rails (Family: Rallidae) are among the most difficult birds to detect. Although methods have been developed to optimize detection during the breeding season, there is no current suitable survey method for the nonbreeding season. Low detection of rails and lack of suitable methods limit monitoring efforts and examination of important questions related to rail conservation and habitat management during the nonbreeding season. We present a new survey method along with suggestions for its effective use in moist‐soil wetlands. We conducted nocturnal surveys during the autumns 2012–2015 in Missouri, USA, to detect sora (Porzana carolina) using hierarchical generalized distance sampling along transects that we traveled while riding all‐terrain vehicles at night. We evaluated assumptions of our survey method by examining the response by radiomarked sora to survey vehicles and comparing survey counts between surveys on the same night. These surveys produced sora density estimates with error that can be used to address conservation and management questions such as habitat use and migratory timing. Published 2017. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9420848a525945d49baabc4daeea5a312025-08-20T02:36:34ZengWileyWildlife Society Bulletin2328-55402017-03-0141115115610.1002/wsb.745Nocturnal distance sampling all‐terrain vehicle surveys for nonbreeding railsAuriel M. V. Fournier0David G. Krementz1Arkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitDepartment of Biological SciencesUniversity of Arkansas1 University DriveFayettevilleAR72701USAU.S. Geological SurveyArkansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research UnitDepartment of Biological SciencesUniversity of Arkansas1 University DriveFayettevilleAR72701USAABSTRACT Rails (Family: Rallidae) are among the most difficult birds to detect. Although methods have been developed to optimize detection during the breeding season, there is no current suitable survey method for the nonbreeding season. Low detection of rails and lack of suitable methods limit monitoring efforts and examination of important questions related to rail conservation and habitat management during the nonbreeding season. We present a new survey method along with suggestions for its effective use in moist‐soil wetlands. We conducted nocturnal surveys during the autumns 2012–2015 in Missouri, USA, to detect sora (Porzana carolina) using hierarchical generalized distance sampling along transects that we traveled while riding all‐terrain vehicles at night. We evaluated assumptions of our survey method by examining the response by radiomarked sora to survey vehicles and comparing survey counts between surveys on the same night. These surveys produced sora density estimates with error that can be used to address conservation and management questions such as habitat use and migratory timing. Published 2017. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.745all‐terrain vehicleautumn migrationMissouriPorzana carolinarailsora |
| spellingShingle | Auriel M. V. Fournier David G. Krementz Nocturnal distance sampling all‐terrain vehicle surveys for nonbreeding rails Wildlife Society Bulletin all‐terrain vehicle autumn migration Missouri Porzana carolina rail sora |
| title | Nocturnal distance sampling all‐terrain vehicle surveys for nonbreeding rails |
| title_full | Nocturnal distance sampling all‐terrain vehicle surveys for nonbreeding rails |
| title_fullStr | Nocturnal distance sampling all‐terrain vehicle surveys for nonbreeding rails |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nocturnal distance sampling all‐terrain vehicle surveys for nonbreeding rails |
| title_short | Nocturnal distance sampling all‐terrain vehicle surveys for nonbreeding rails |
| title_sort | nocturnal distance sampling all terrain vehicle surveys for nonbreeding rails |
| topic | all‐terrain vehicle autumn migration Missouri Porzana carolina rail sora |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.745 |
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