An assessment of distance sampling techniques for estimating animal abundance

Environmetrics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-278

  Cassey, Phillip ^a,c   Mcardle, Brian H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distance sampling; Estimating animal abundance; Line transect methods; Program DISTANCE

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING;

EID: 0033020773     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-095X(199905/06)10:3<261::AID-ENV351>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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