There is a need to improve the quantity and quality of data in biodiversity monitoring projects. We compared an automated digital recording system (ADRS) with traditional methods (point-counts and transects) for the assessment of birds and amphibians. The ADRS proved to produce better quantity and quality of data. This new method has 3 additional advantages: permanent record of a census, 24 h/d data collection and the possibility of automated species identification.
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1 March 2006
Using Automated Digital Recording Systems as Effective Tools for the Monitoring of Birds and Amphibians
MIGUEL A. ACEVEDO,
LUIS J. VILLANUEVA-RIVERA
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ADRS
amphibians
Automated Digital Recording System
birds
monitoring methods
Puerto Rico