Quantifying observer heterogeneity in bird counts

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 270-277

  Cunningham, R B ^a   Lindenmayer, D B ^a   Nix, H A ^a   Lindenmayer, B D ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird detectability; Counting methods; Forest birds; Observer heterogeneity; Southeastern Australia

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044364854     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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