New approaches to the analysis of population trends in land birds

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-27

  James, Frances C ^a   Mcculloch, Charles E ^b   Wiedenkeld, David A ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

National Biological Survey; Neotropical migrants; Nonlinear regression; North American Breeding Bird Survey; Population trends

Indexed keywords

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; PHYLLOSCOPUS SIBILATRIX; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; VERMIVORA PINUS; PARULINAE;

BREEDING BIRD SURVEY; DATA ANALYSIS; POPULATION TREND;

USA;

EID: 0030404927     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265650     Document Type: Article

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