Effects of point count protocol on bird abundance and variability estimates and power to detect population trends

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 141-150

  Thompson III, Frank R ^a   Burhans, Dirk E ^a   Root, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Point counts; Power analysis; Radius; Songbirds; Trends; Visits; Years

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 0035993946     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-73.2.141     Document Type: Article

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