Comparison of Acoustic Recorders and Field Observers for Monitoring Tundra Bird Communities

• Main Authors: Vold, Skyler T., Handel, Colleen M., McNew, Lance B.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2017
• Subjects: acoustic recorder; detection probability; habitat; passerines; point counts; population monitoring; shorebirds; subarctic Alaska; survey techniques; tundra; Earth Sciences; Geology; Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology; Other Earth Sciences; Other Environmental Sciences; Survey Point; Subarctic; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsstaffpub/1003; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usgsstaffpub/article/2014/viewcontent/Vold_et_al_2017_Wildlife_Society_Bulletin.pdf

Acoustic recorders can be useful for studying bird populations but their efficiency and accuracy should be assessed in pertinent ecological settings before use. We investigated the utility of an acoustic recorder formonitoring abundance of tundra-breeding birds relative to point-count surveys in nor...