Estimating detection probabilities from multiple-observer point counts

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1172-1182

  Alldredge, Mathew W ^a   Pollock, Kenneth H ^a   Simons, Theodore R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird surveys; Capture recapture; Detection probability; Multiple observer; Point counts

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; BIRD; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; PROBABILITY;

AVES;

EID: 33750480902     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[1172:EDPFMP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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