Accuracy and Reliability of Dogs in Surveying for Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
Cablk ME and Heaton JS. 2006. Accuracy and Reliability of Dogs in Surveying for Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Ecological Applications. 16(5):1926-1935
Data collection on desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizii) in the wild is challenging because tortoises are secretive, and many age and size classes are virtually undetectable in the wild. A series of experimental trials were designed to statistically quantify chosen metrics in the field setting, where dogs trained to locate live G. agassizii were tested on their ability to find them on the surface, in burrows, and in mark-recapture surveys.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Cablk, Mary; Heaton, Jill
- Units
- DEVA
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Conservation Biology, Desert Tortoise, detection dogs, Endangered Species, Environmental Monitoring, Mojave Desert, Presence (Biodiversity), survey methodology, Taxa Links To Datasets, Taxa Links To References, Wildlife Biology