Comparison of census methods for black-browed albatrosses breeding at the Ildefonso Archipelago, Chile

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-162

  Robertson, Graham ^a   Moreno, Carlos A ^b   Lawton, Kieran ^a   Kirkwood, Roger ^c   Valencia, José ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Phillip Island Nature Park   (Australia)

^d Instituto Antarctico Chileno   (Chile)

Author keywords

Albatross census methods; Ground counts; Ildefonso Archipelago; Photographic counts; Point distance sampling; Quadrat sampling; Yacht based counts

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CENSUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHILE; DIEGO RAMIREZ; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); ILDEFONSO ARCHIPELAGO; MAGALLANES; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS;

EID: 36549083637     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0342-7     Document Type: Article

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