At-sea density monitoring of marbled murrelets in central California: Methodological considerations

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 743-755

  Becker, Benjamin H ^a,c   Beissinger, Steven R ^a,c   Carter, Harry R ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b National Biological Service   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

At sea surveys; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Distance sampling methods; Line transect; Marbled Murrelet; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; MURRELET;

EID: 0030859324     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370485     Document Type: Article

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