Monitoring long-term population change: Why are there so many analysis methods?

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-58

  Thomas, Len ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annual indices of abundance; Comparison of analysis methods; Monitoring population change; Monte carlo simulation; Neotropical migrants; North American Breeding Bird Survey; Population trend estimate

Indexed keywords

AVES;

BREEDING BIRD SURVEY; DATA ANALYSIS; METHOD COMPARISON; MONITORING; POPULATION CHANGE;

EID: 0030404255     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265653     Document Type: Article

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