A modified Petraborg index is proposed to correct an underestimation error in the original formula and its use illustrated in censusing singers of Oecanthus niveus in Mexico. The unmodified index departs widely from observed densities; the modified index does not.
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1 June 2008
Modified Petraborg index applied to the sampling of male crickets by aural detection
Zenón Cano-Santana,
Ariana Romero-Mata,
H. Marcela Pérez-Escobedo
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Journal of Orthoptera Research
Vol. 17 • No. 1
June 2008
Vol. 17 • No. 1
June 2008
acoustic
census
density
listen
Oecanthus
Southwood