Acoustic surveys of birds using electronic recordings: New potential from an omnidirectional microphone system

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 709-720

  Hobson, Keith A ^a   Rempel, Robert S ^a   Greenwood, Hamilton ^a   Turnbull, Brian ^a   Van Wilgenburg, Steven L ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic surveys; Forest birds; Recording techniques

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SURVEY; AVIFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 0036749552     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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