Direct comparison of tilted and untilted radar for monitoring Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus populations

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-41

  Harper, William L ^a   Schroeder, Bernard K ^b   Manley, Irene A ^b   Deal, John A ^c  

^a Osiris Wildlife Consulting   (Canada)

^b Canadian Forest Products Ltd ^*  (Canada)

^c Canadian Forest Products Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus marmoratus; Marbled Murrelet; Population monitoring; Radar surveys

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; RADAR; SEABIRD;

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 22244472299     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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