A seven-year comparison of relative-abundance and distance-sampling methods

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1013-1028

  Norvell, Russell E ^a   Howe, Frank P ^a   Parrish, Jimmie R ^a  

^a UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

AVES; DENDROICA PETECHIA; ICTERUS BULLOCKII; MOLOTHRUS ATER; RIPARIA; VIREO GILVUS;

EID: 0242569251     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/120.4.1013     Document Type: Review

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