Call-response surveys to monitor marsh bird population trends

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1195-1201

  Lor, Socheata ^a,b   Malecki, Richard A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Call playback; Marsh birds; Monitoring; Power analysis; Surveys

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SURVEY; VOCALIZATION; WETLAND;

AVES; BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS; IXOBRYCHUS; LIMICOLA; PODICEPS; PODILYMBUS PODICEPS; PORZANA; PORZANA CAROLINA; RALLUS LIMICOLA;

EID: 0036975029     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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