Using aircraft in tandem formation to estimate abundance of harbour porpoise

Biometrics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1280-1289

  Hiby, Lex ^a   Lovell, Phil ^a  

^a Conservation Research Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerial line tansect survey; Independent observers; Maximum likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; MAMMALS;

ACCURATE RECORDING; AERIAL LINE TANSECT SURVEY; AERIAL LINES; COASTAL WATERS; HARBOUR PORPOISE; INDEPENDENT OBSERVER; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; STRIP-WIDTHS; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; SYNOPTIC SURVEYS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AERIAL SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; PORPOISE;

AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WILDLIFE;

EID: 0032429966     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533658     Document Type: Article

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