The importance of analysis method for breeding bird survey population trend estimates

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 479-490

  Thomas, Len ^a   Martin, Kathy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS METHOD; BREEDING BIRD; CENSUS; POPULATION TREND;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

EID: 0029729875     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020479.x     Document Type: Article

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