Question

What are the pros and cons of mist netting?

Answer 1

Answer:

Mist netting is the process in which mist net, that resembles volleyball net is used to capture bats and wild birds for research projects.

There are pros and cons of mist netting:

pros:

• Help to monitor the demographic and population parameters.
• It provide information about the species which are missed using other count methods

cons:

• It can affect the population of birds.
• Survival rates of birds can reduce during  capture ifpoor body  condition and increased stress