Accuracy of aerial surveys of waterbird colonies

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 230-237

  Rodgers Jr , James A ^a   Kubilis, Paul S ^a   Nesbitt, Stephen A ^a  

^a FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Aerial survey; Colony detection; Florida; Ground truthing; ROC analysis; Species detection; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ERROR ANALYSIS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; WADER;

ANHINGA; ANHINGA ANHINGA; ARDEIDAE; AVES; BOS TAURUS; BUBULCUS IBIS; EGRETTA RUFESCENS; EGRETTA TRICOLOR; FLORIDA (BIRD); MYCTERIA AMERICANA; NYCTANASSA; NYCTANASSA VIOLACEA; NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; PELECANUS OCCIDENTALIS; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS; PLEGADIS FALCINELLUS;

EID: 23744476321     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)028[0230:AOASOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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