Increasing the accuracy of productivity and survival estimates in assessing landbird population status

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 66-74

  Anders, Angela D ^a   Marshall, Matthew R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult survival; Demography; Juvenile survival; Landbird; Mayfield estimate; Nest success; Population models; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION STATUS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 14044252901     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00543.x     Document Type: Review

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