Evaluation of aerial surveys of ptarmigan Lagopus species

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 941-947

  Pelletier, Luc ^a,b   Krebs, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Counting bias; Repeatability; Survey errors; Yukon

Indexed keywords

AVIAN GENETICS; BREEDING; CANADA; POPULATION GENETICS;

AERIAL SURVEY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DENSITY;

CANADA;

LAGOPUS;

EID: 0032456932     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.1998.tb00011.x     Document Type: Article

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