Regional population monitoring of the marbled murrelet: Field and analytical methods

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 716 PNW-GTR, 2007, Pages 1-73

  Raphael, Martin G ^a   Baldwin, Jim ^b   Falxa, Gary A ^c   Huff, Mark H ^d,e   Lance, Monique ^f   Miller, Sherri L ^b   Pearson, Scott F ^f   John Ralph, C ^b   Strong, Craig ^h,i   Thompson, Chris ^f,g  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^g Environment International Ltd   (United States)

^h Crescent Coastal Research   (United States)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Brachyramphus marmoratus; Distance sampling; Line transect; Marbled murrelet; Northwest forest plan; Population monitoring

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; POPULATION SIZE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 35548970177     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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