On the use of Timed Species Counts to estimate avian abundance indices in species-rich communities

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-348

  Freeman, Stephen N ^a   Pomeroy, Derek E ^b,c   Tushabe, Herbert ^b  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MUIENR   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Birds; Population estimates; Relative abundance

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; INDEX METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 0842291675     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2003.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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