A double-observer approach for estimating detection probability and abundance from point counts

Auk

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 393-408

  Nichols, James D ^a   Hines, James E ^a   Sauer, John R ^a   Fallon, Frederick W ^b   Fallon, Jane E ^a   Heglund, Patricia J ^c  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AScI Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CENSUS; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0034008770     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089721     Document Type: Article

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