Research and management viewpoint: Using the North American breeding bird survey as a tool for conservation: A critique of Bart et al. (2004)

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1321-1326

  Sauer, John R ^a   Link, William A ^a   Nichols, James D ^a   Royle, J Andrew ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Birds; Monitoring; North American Bird Conservation Initiative; North American Breeding Bird Survey; Surveys; Trends

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; SURVEY; TREND ANALYSIS;

AVES; BIAS;

EID: 33645654034     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1321:UTNABB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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