Bioacoustic monitoring of forest songbirds: Interpreter variability and effects of configuration and digital processing methods in the laboratory

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Rempel, Robert S ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Holborn, George ^a   Van Wilgenburg, Steve L ^b   Elliott, Julie ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic surveys; Digital recording techniques; Microphones

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 13244278164     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-76.1.1     Document Type: Article

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