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Capture Bias

Capture Bias is a systematic error in wildlife sampling that arises when certain individuals within a population are disproportionately more likely to be captured due to inherent differences in behavior, physiology, or morphology, thereby distorting population estimates and ecological inferences.

134

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6.7K

Citations

417

Authors

210

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

21

Variants

Trappability Bias

Parents

Publications

134

Sampling biases shape our view of the natural world

Michael C. Orr, Keping Ma, Mark J. Costello et al. · Ecography · 2021 · 571 citations · Full text

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Do Predators Always Capture Substandard Individuals Disproportionately From Prey Populations?

Stanley A. Temple · Ecology · 1987 · 307 citations

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Bias in the effect of habitat structure on pitfall traps: An experimental evaluation

Australian Journal of Ecology · 1999 · 255 citations

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Boldness, trappability and sampling bias in wild lizards

Alecia J. Carter, Robert Heinsohn, Anne W. Goldizen et al. · Animal Behaviour · 2012 · 179 citations

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Underestimation of Trout Population Size by Maximum-Likelihood Removal Estimates in Small Streams

Stephen C. Riley, Kurt D. Fausch · North American Journal of Fisheries Management · 1992 · 167 citations

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Authors

417

  1. WI
    W. Ian Montgomery

    Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  2. LP
    Lior Pachter

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    2 publications · 38 citations

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  3. MW
    Mathew W. Alldredge

    Colorado Parks and Wildlife, United States

    2 publications · 84 citations

    2

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  4. JJ
    Jerry J. Vaske

    Colorado State University, United States

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  5. ES
    Euan S. Harvey

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    2 publications · 100 citations

    2

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Institutions

210

  1. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    846 citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    438 citations

  4. Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive

    Montpellier, France

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    385 citations

  5. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    198 citations

  6. United States Fish and Wildlife Service

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    60 citations

  7. National Park Service

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    223 citations

  8. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    2 h-index

    1 publications

    64 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Wildlife Management

    15 publications · 607 citations

    14

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  2. Journal of Mammalogy

    JM · 5 publications · 244 citations

    5

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  3. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 66 citations

    4

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  4. The Auk

    4 publications · 206 citations

    4

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  5. Canadian Journal of Zoology

    4 publications · 163 citations

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