Using digital photographs and pattern recognition to identify individual boreal toads (Anaxyrus boreas boreas)
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Using digital photographs and pattern recognition to identify individual boreal toads (Anaxyrus boreas boreas)
Description
Individual identification of animals can provide an array of
useful capture-mark-recapture information, allowing researchers to estimate survival, movement, abundance, recruitment, and capture probability (Williams et al. 2002). This information can yield valuable insight to field investigators regarding a species’ life history (Davis and Ovaska 2001; Phillott et al. 2007). Techniques used to identify individuals of many species have been developed and refined to gather this information. Toe clipping, PIT tagging,
polymers and pigments, branding, and pattern mapping are all viable techniques for identifying individuals of many amphibian species (Donnelly et al. 1994; Davis and Ovaska 2001).
useful capture-mark-recapture information, allowing researchers to estimate survival, movement, abundance, recruitment, and capture probability (Williams et al. 2002). This information can yield valuable insight to field investigators regarding a species’ life history (Davis and Ovaska 2001; Phillott et al. 2007). Techniques used to identify individuals of many species have been developed and refined to gather this information. Toe clipping, PIT tagging,
polymers and pigments, branding, and pattern mapping are all viable techniques for identifying individuals of many amphibian species (Donnelly et al. 1994; Davis and Ovaska 2001).
Creator
Nordick, Andrew W.
Thompson, Kevin G.
Fox, Kami Z.
Subject
Boreal Toads
Anaxyrus boreas boreas
Identification
Extent
5 pages
Date Created
2015
Type
Article
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
Is Part Of
Herpetological Review
Collection
Citation
Nordick, Andrew W., Thompson, Kevin G., and Fox, Kami Z., “Using digital photographs and pattern recognition to identify individual boreal toads (Anaxyrus boreas boreas),” CPW Digital Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/369.