Using point counts to establish conservation priorities: How many visits are optimal?

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 228-235

  Siegel, Rodney B ^a   Desante, David F ^a   Philip Nott, M ^a  

^a Institute for Bird Populations   (United States)

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EID: 0035607268     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-72.2.228     Document Type: Article

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