Multiple-species analysis of point count data: A more parsimonious modelling framework

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-290

  Alldredge, Mathew W ^a,c   Pollock, Kenneth H ^a   Simons, Theodore R ^a   Shriner, Susan A ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Capture recapture; Multiple species modelling; Point count surveys; Population surveys

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AVIFAUNA; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING;

AVES;

EID: 33947308407     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01271.x     Document Type: Article

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