Detectability of ten invasive mammal pests in New Zealand: a synthesis of spatial detection parameters

2023/11/12 by Giorgia Vattiato, Rachelle N. Binny, Sam Davidson +5 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

paper · pdf · doi:10.20417/nzjecol.47.3552

openalex publication_date 2023/11/12 · openalex created_date 2023/11/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Abstract

Management of invasive mammal pests plays an integral role in the conservation of New Zealand’s native flora and fauna. Models fitted to pest capture data can guide conservation managers by providing estimates of pest densities within a management area, or probabilities of absence for declaring local eradication. A key parameter of these models is the detectability, i.e. the probability of an animal being detected by a surveillance device for a given amount of survey effort.

Citations

• Estimating population size by spatially explicit capture–recapture
• Density estimation in live‐trapping studies
• Non‐circular home ranges and the estimation of population density
• Rapid eradication assessment (REA): a tool for pest absence confirmation
• Reliable detection of low-density Pacific rats by using camera trapping

Discussions

• Here’s a review of estimates reported to date for detectability of Aotearoa’s key mammalian pests → doi.org/10.20417/nzj... [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]

Related

• Rapid eradication assessment (REA): a tool for pest absence confirmation
• New Zealand pest management: current and future challenges
• Estimating the potential for reinvasion by mammalian pests through pest-exclusion fencing
• Management of animal and plant pests in New Zealand - patterns of control and monitoring by regional agencies
• Conservation translocations of fauna in Aotearoa New Zealand: a review