Estimate of the Ipswich Sparrow population on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, in 1998, using a random-transect survey design

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 771-779

  Smith, Stephen J ^a   Lucas, Zoe ^b   Stobo, Wayne T ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; VEGETATION;

GRASS;

ECOLOGY;

HABITAT USE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SURVEY DESIGN; TRANSECT;

CANADA;

AVES; MARTES ZIBELLINA; PASSERCULUS; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS PRINCEPS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0042572213     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-050     Document Type: Article

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