Potential roadside biases due to habitat changes along breeding bird survey routes

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-57

  Keller, Cherry M E ^a   Scallan, Jacqueline T ^b,c  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BBS; Breeding Bird Survey; Habitat change; Roadside bias; Roadside habitats; Roadside surveys

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 0033022279     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370445     Document Type: Article

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