The Efficacy of Video Cameras to Account for Northern Bobwhites Flushed, but Undetected, During Aerial Surveys
Author(s): Andrea Montalvo, Leonard A. Brennan, Michael L. Morrison, Eric D. Grahmann, and Andrew N. Tri
Published: August 2022
Over the past 20 years, conventional distance sampling from a helicopter platform has been used to estimate northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus; hereafter, bobwhite) density over large areas of rangeland vegetation. However, it has been speculated that aerial surveys can complicate the ability to meet the distance sampling assumption of detecting 100% of the target objects on the transect line due to the restricted observer view from the helicopter. We attempted to use video cameras to determine whether missed detections occurred and whether digital methods could improve the precision of bobwhite density estimates.
Suggested Citation
Montalvo, A., L. A. Brennan, M. L. Morrison, E. D. Grahmann, and A. N. Tri. 2022. The efficacy of video cameras to account for northern bobwhites flushed, but undetected, during aerial surveys. National Quail Symposium Proceedings 9:210–216. https://doi.org/10.7290/nqsp09YLSE