Factors affecting detection probability of California black rails

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 360-370

  Conway, Courtney J ^a   Sulzman, Christina ^a   Raulston, Barbara E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

California black rail; Call broadcast; Detection probability; Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus; Marshlands; Monitoring; Observer bias; Population declines; Survey methods; Tape playback; Vocalizations; Western United States; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; VOCALIZATION;

ARDEIDAE; AVES; LATERALLUS; LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS; LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS COTURNICULUS;

EID: 1942486444     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0360:FADPOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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