Comparison of aerial and ground techniques for discovery and census of wading bird (Ciconiiformes) nesting colonies

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 837-841

  Frederick, Peter C ^a   Towles, Tim ^b   Sawicki, Richard J ^c   Bancroft, G Thomas ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Florida Game Fresh Water Fish Community   (United States)

^c NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

^d ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

aerial survey; Ciconiiformes; Everglades; population estimation; wetlands

Indexed keywords

AVES; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 0030462068     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369865     Document Type: Article

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