Assessing accuracy of a laser rangefinder in estimating grassland bird density

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 460-463

  Ransom Jr , Dean ^a   Pinchak, William E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland birds; Line transect; Perpendicular distance; Rangefinder

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LINE TRANSECT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RANGELAND;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0038164800     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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