Costs of detection bias in index-based population monitoring

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 287-296

  Moore, Clinton T ^a   Kendall, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Detection bias; Opportunity costs; Optimization; Uncertainty; Wildlife surveys

Indexed keywords

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES; BIAS (BIRD); HYLOCICHLA MUSTELINA; PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 21844474869     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.32800/abc.2004.27.0287     Document Type: Article

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