Is driven transect sampling suitable for estimating red-legged partridge Alectoris ruf a densities?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 259-268

  Borralho, Rui ^a,b   Rego, Francisco ^a   Pinto, Pedro Vaz ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b Ordenamento e Gestao de Recursos Naturais   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alectoris rufa; Driven transect; Line transect; Mixed farmland; Portugal; Red legged partridge; Strip transect

Indexed keywords

ALECTORIS RUFA;

EID: 0030437543     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1996.029     Document Type: Article

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