MAYA FOREST ANURAN MONITORING PROJECT PROYECTO de MONITOREO de LOS ANUROS de la SELVA MAYA

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I. General Considerations

A. Each participant will commit to a minimum of 5 years of survey.
B. Each participant will select from 1 to 5 sites to monitor; the same sites will be monitored from year to year.
C. Data will ultimately be pooled and all participants will be recognized in any resultant publications; authorship
    will be joint with those participants wishing to do so.

A. Sites will be one of the following:

1. Section of stream (one or both banks) between 100 and 200 meters in length
2. Pond (permanent or seasonal) less than 500 meters in circumference
3. Section of shoreline of lake, lagoon, swamp, or marsh between 100 and 200 meters in length

B. Each site will be described with respect to the following:

1. Physical characteristics
2. Surrounding environment
3. Any noticeable changes on an annual basis
4. Annual photo
5. Site ID will be provided by Coordinator

C. Each site will be surveyed annually for vocalizing anurans for 5 years as follows:

1. Once a month, roughly evenly spaced, during the months of June, July, August, September, and October (if feasible)
2. Surveys will be nocturnal, sometime between the hours of 1900 and 2300
3. Duration of survey at each site will be between 15 and 30 minutes

D. Only those anuran species listed on the Site Survey Form will be monitored
    (This may be modified as data collection dictates).

E. Vocalization counts for each species will be estimates as follows:

1 = 1-5 individuals calling
2 = 6-20 individuals calling
3 = 21-50 individuals calling
4 = > 50 individuals calling

F. All data will be recorded on the Site Survey Form and forwarded or e-mailed to the Project Coordinator at the end of the season for entry into a computerized database.  Each participant will be provided with a summary of the project on an annual basis.

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