Improving estimates of bird density using multiple-covariate distance sampling

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1229-1243

  Marques, Tiago A ^a,b   Thomas, Len ^a   Fancy, Steven G ^c   Buckland, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Center of Statistics Applications of Lisbon University CEAUL   (Portugal)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariates; Detectability; Detection function; Distance sampling; Line transects; Point transects

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LINE TRANSECT; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SAMPLING;

AVES; HEMIGNATHUS VIRENS;

EID: 36448935239     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1229:IEOBDU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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