Evaluating Elastomer Marking and Photo Identification Methods for Terrestrial Salamanders: Marking Effects and Observer Bias

摘要

Capture-recapture methods are commonly used in ecology and conservation biology to estimate population size and obtain demographic and life-history information on a wide variety of animals. Most capture-recapture methods require individual identification, and assume that: 1) marks are not lost or overlooked by the observer; and 2) there is no mark-induced mortality.