Mist-nets versus point counts in the estimation of forest bird abundances in South-Central Chile

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-212

  Estades, Cristián F ^a   Escobar, Martín A H ^a   Tomasevic, Jorge A ^a   Vukasovic, María Angélica ^a   Páez, Mauricio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Centro Cultural Queltehue   (Chile)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Chile; Forest birds; Mist netting; Point counts

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747120356     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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