التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Developing indices of relative abundance for monitoring cave and ground wētā (Orthoptera) in southern beech forest, New Zealand. |
| المؤلفون: |
Carpenter, JK, Monks, JM, O'Donnell, CFJ |
| المصدر: |
New Zealand Journal of Zoology; Jun2016, Vol. 43 Issue 2, p149-162, 14p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
RHAPHIDOPHORIDAE, ANOSTOSTOMATIDAE, INVERTEBRATES, INTRODUCED species, NOCTURNAL animals, ORTHOPTERA, FORESTS & forestry |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
NEW Zealand |
| مستخلص: |
We sampled populations of forest-floor dwelling cave and ground wētā using footprint tracking tunnels and spotlight transect counts in southern beech forest, New Zealand. Samples were compared to estimates of wētā density based on mark–recapture estimates from 25 m2enclosures. Both activity indices captured variability in cave wētā in time and space, were strongly correlated with each other, and have the potential for monitoring cave wētā activity levels. Comparisons between indices and cave wētā density estimates were equivocal, as recapture rates were too low to calculate high-resolution density estimates. We also found that cave wētā counts had a curved relationship increasing with temperature, and a negative relationship with increasing shrub and woody debris cover. Based on these preliminary results, tracking tunnels could be a viable method of monitoring cave wētā as they appear more efficient than transect counts and are relatively inexpensive. However, further calibration trials are needed to determine if indices mirror robust population density estimates. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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