Evaluating and Revising a Long-Term Monitoring Program for Vascular Plants: Lessons From Shenandoah National Park

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn G. Mahan ◽  
Duane R. Diefenbach ◽  
Wendy B. Cass
Keyword(s):  
Vascular Plants ◽  
National Park ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Shenandoah National Park ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

Population stability in the endangered Fleay’s barred frog (Mixophyes fleayi) and a program for long-term monitoring

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma Quick ◽  
Ross L. Goldingay ◽  
Jonathan Parkyn ◽  
David A. Newell
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
New South ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Population Monitoring ◽  
Population Stability ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring ◽  
Very High

In the wake of the global decline in amphibians there is a need for long-term population monitoring. Previous research suggested that the endangered Fleay’s barred frog (Mixophyes fleayi) had recovered after a severe decline. We aimed to determine whether this recovery has been sustained and to test an example of a monitoring program that could be employed at intervals of five or more years to assess long-term population stability. We conducted capture–mark–recapture five years after the last detailed census at Brindle Creek in Border Ranges National Park, New South Wales. Frogs were captured along a 200 m creek transect between September 2013 and February 2014. We used program Mark to estimate demographic parameters of adult male frogs using two modelling approaches: robust design (RD) and the POPAN formulation of the Jolly–Seber model. Abundance was estimated at 38.2 ± 0.5 (s.e.) (RD) and 46.0 ± 2.7 (POPAN). Abundance in 2008 was estimated at 53.2 ± 10.0 (POPAN) male frogs. Estimates of apparent monthly survival over our five-month-long study were very high (RD: 1.0 ± 0.0; POPAN: 1.0 ± 0.02). Recapture estimates were also high (RD: 0.40 ± 0.07 to 0.72 ± 0.05 per session; POPAN: 0.84 ± 0.05 per month). These data suggest that the Brindle Creek population has remained relatively stable over a period of ~10 years.

scholarly journals Analysis of Potential Sensitive Mammal Species for Long-Term Monitoring in Glacier National Park

1989 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 53-57
Author(s):  
Ronald Beiswenger
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
National Park ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Glacier National Park ◽  
Mammal Species ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

The primary objective of this project is to identify species of mammals in Glacier National Park that are sensitive to environmental change and thus may serve as useful indicators of this change in a monitoring program.

Distribution and Abundance of Odonata Species Across Massachusetts: Results of a Long-term Monitoring Program

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Buchsbaum ◽  
Christopher W. Leahy ◽  
Taber Allison
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

Census of the Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) at Leveste, Municipality of Gehrden, Germany

2013 ◽  
pp. 168-171
Author(s):  
Gabor von Bethlenfalvy ◽  
Julia Hindersin ◽  
Egbert Strauß
Keyword(s):  
Arable Land ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
Lower Saxony ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

The case study used spotlight strip census routes to estimate Brown Hare numbers in a 793 ha hunting district. The habitats, dominated by intensively farmed arable land were also mapped. This is part of a Germany-wide long-term monitoring program of game populations which is carried out by hunters and was initiated by the German Hunters’ Association and the Hunters’ Association of Lower Saxony in 2001.

scholarly journals Two practical approaches to monitoring the zooplanktonic community at Lago Grande do Curuai, Pará, Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo Fernandes GOMES ◽  
Ludgero Cardoso Galli VIEIRA ◽  
Marie Paule BONNET
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Zooplankton Community ◽  
Species Level ◽  
Genus Level ◽  
Time Costs ◽  
Financial Costs ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

The use of substitute groups in biomonitoring programs has been proposed to minimize the high financial costs and time for samples processing. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the correlation between (i) the spatial distribution among the major zooplankton groups (cladocerans, copepods, rotifers, and testaceans protozoa), (ii) the data of density and presence/absence of species, and (iii) the data of species, genera, and families from samples collected in the Lago Grande do Curuai, Pará, Brazil. A total of 55 sample of the zooplanktonic community was collected, with 28 samples obtained in March and 27 in September, 2013. The agreement between the different sets of data was assessed using Mantel and Procrustes tests. Our results indicated high correlations between genus level and species level and high correlations between presence/absence of species and abundance, regardless of the seasonal period. These results suggest that zooplankton community could be incorporated in a long-term monitoring program at relatively low financial and time costs.

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