Combining breeding bird survey and distance sampling to estimate density of migrant and breeding birds

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 691-699

  Somershoe, Scott G ^a,c   Twedt, Daniel J ^a   Reid, Bruce ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Audubon Mississippi   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding bird survey; Density; Detection probability; Distance sampling; Loess bluff forest; Migration

Indexed keywords

AVES; BOMBYCILLA CEDRORUM; CALENDULA; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; MOLOTHRUS ATER; PASSERINA CYANEA; PIRANGA RUBRA; POLIOPTILA CAERULEA; REGULUS CALENDULA; THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS; VIREO GRISEUS;

EID: 33748088495     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[691:CBBSAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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