The 'standardized search': An improved way to conduct bird surveys

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 515-525

  Watson, David M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birds; Inventory; Results based stopping rule; Sample completeness; Sampling; Sampling effort

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; SAMPLING; SPECIES INVENTORY; STANDARD (REFERENCE); SURVEYING;

AVES;

EID: 0242350232     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01308.x     Document Type: Review

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