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Surveying tropical birds is much harder than you think: a primer of best practices
Author(s) -
Robinson W. Douglas,
Lees Alexander C.,
Blake John G.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
biotropica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1744-7429
pISSN - 0006-3606
DOI - 10.1111/btp.12608
Subject(s) - best practice , geography , ecology , tropics , tropical forest , environmental resource management , data science , biology , computer science , political science , environmental science , law
Birds are tempting to include in studies of tropical ecology and conservation. Yet, they are deceptively difficult to detect, identify and, particularly, count. We briefly review some common challenges of surveying tropical birds, offer guidance on the most important decisions to consider when selecting methodologies, and recommend best practices to ensure collection of reliable, repeatable, and reviewer‐friendly survey data.