Counting in the dark: non-intrusive laser scanning for population counting and identifying roosting bats

• Main Authors: Azmy, Suzanna Noor, Mohd. Sah, Shahrul Anuar, Shafie, Nur Juliani, Ariffin, Azman, Majid, Zulkepli, Ismail, Muhamad Nor Akmal, Shamsir, Mohd. Shahir
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
• Subjects: Q Science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33023/1/MohdShahirShamsir2012_CountingintheDarkNonIntrusive.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33023/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00524

Population surveys and species recognition for roosting bats are either based on capture, sight or optical-mechanical count methods. However, these methods are intrusive, are tedious and, at best, provide only statistical estimations. Here, we demonstrated the successful use of a terrestrial Light D...