Density estimation in wildlife surveys

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1242-1247

  Bart, Jonathan ^a   Droege, Sam ^b   Geissler, Paul ^c   Peterjohn, Bruce ^b,e,f   Ralph, C John ^d,g,h  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e 931 College Mall   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^h Redwood Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Density estimation; Distance methods; Double observer; Double sampling; Estimation; Indices; Surveys; Trends

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; INDEX METHOD; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING BIAS;

AVES;

EID: 15544363268     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[1242:DEIWS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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