Field trials of line-transect surveys of bird carcasses in agro-ecosystems of Argentina's Pampas region

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1219-1228

  Rivera Milán, Frank F ^a,c,d,e,f   Zaccagnini, María E ^b   Canavelli, Sonia B ^b  

^a Div of International Conservation   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c Div Intl Conserv U States F   (United States)

^d Sacred Heart University   (Puerto Rico)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystems; Argentina; Bird carcasses; Density estimates; Field trials; Line transect surveys; Monitoring; Mortality; Observers; Pesticides; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIRD; ESTIMATION METHOD; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PESTICIDE;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LETHRINIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 15544366941     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[1219:FTOLSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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