Monitoring low density avian populations: An example using Mountain Plovers

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 700-706

  Dreitz, Victoria J ^a,d   Lukacs, Paul M ^b   Knopf, Fritz L ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^c FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Charadrius montanus; Detection probability; Estimation; Monitoring; Mountain Plover

Indexed keywords

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHARADRIUS MONTANUS; CYNOMYS;

EID: 33748082641     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[700:MLDAPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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