Evaluation of an aerial quadrat survey for monitoring wintering duck populations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 403-412

  Eggemen, Diane R ^a   Johnson, Fred A ^b   Conroy, Michael J ^c   Brakhage, David H ^a  

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

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Anatidae; Ducks; Florida; Population; Population monitoring; Power; Precision; Sampling; Serial correlation; Simulation; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AYTHYA; ANGERIFORMES;

AERIAL QUADRAT SURVEY; DUCK; METHOD EVALUATION; MONITORING; SAMPLING; WINTERING POPULATION;

USA, FLORIDA;

EID: 0030619090     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802597     Document Type: Article

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