Estimating the proportion of Archey’s frogs in the Wharekirauponga mine vibration footprint iii Table of Contents Archey’s Frog Distribution in the Coromandel Peninsula.........................................................1 Using Nocturnal Surveys Along Transects to Investigate the Species’ Range .........................5 Archey’s frog Habitat Preferences.............................................................................................7 Estimates of Archey’s Frog Abundance ....................................................................................8 Published Estimates ...............................................................................................................8 Abundance Estimates from Re-analysis of Capture-recapture Data from Hotham (2019) 10 Estimates of Detection Probabilities During Nocturnal Surveys.........................................12 Plot Population Estimates from Replicate Counts and Average Detection Probabilities ....12 Population Estimates for Archey’s Frog..................................................................................15 Published Population Estimates ...........................................................................................15 Estimating the Size of the Archey’s Frog Population on the Coromandel Population........15 Estimates of the Archey’s Frog Population within the Vibration Footprint ............................17 Discussion ................................................................................................................................20 Acknowledgements..................................................................................................................23 Appendix: Log-linear Capture-recapture Modelling in Rcapture ...........................................24 References................................................................................................................................26
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