Overcoming bias in ground-based surveys of hollow-bearing trees using double-sampling

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 190, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 291-300

  Harper, Michael J ^a,b   McCarthy, Michael A ^b   Van Der Ree, Rodney ^b   Fox, Julian C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climbing surveys; Correction factor; Efficiency; Eucalyptus leucoxylon; Ground surveys; Tree hollows

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ECOLOGY; ESTIMATION; INSPECTION; SAMPLING;

GROUND-BASED SURVEYS; HOLLOW-BEARING TREES;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING; TREEHOLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; YARRA BEND PARK;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS LEUCOXYLON;

EID: 1542290012     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.10.022     Document Type: Article

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