Can observer clothing color affect estimates of richness and abundance? An experiment with point counts

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 351-359

  Riffell, Samuel K ^a   Riffell, Ben D ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Asbury College   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Observer clothing color; Ohio; Point counts

Indexed keywords

AVES; CAROLINENSIS; SITTA CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 0036767654     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-73.4.351     Document Type: Article

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