Wordbirds: Developing a web-based data collection system for the global monitoring of bird distribution and abundance

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2807-2820

  Roberts, Rachel L ^a   Donald, Paul F ^a   Fisher, Ian J ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Distribution; List reporting rates; Locally based monitoring; Monitoring; Resource poor; Volunteer based monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DATABASE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MONITORING;

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EID: 26844533740     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-8417-7     Document Type: Article

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