Effect of observer differences on abundance estimates of seabirds from ship-based strip transect surveys

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Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 433-437

  Van Der Meer, J ^a   Camphuysen, C J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS; BIRDS; OBSERVER DIFFERENCES; POPULATION NUMBER; SHIP-BASED STRIP TRANSECT;

EID: 0029668742     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb08061.x     Document Type: Article

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