Experimental evaluation of a new ground-based survey method for estimating the density and abundance of nesting Adélie penguins Pygoscelis adeliae

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-315

  Low, Matthew ^a,b   Meyer, Lisa ^a   Southwell, Colin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antarctica; B chervaise Island; CCAMLR; Line transect; Population estimation; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NESTING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA;

PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 38049000393     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0359-y     Document Type: Article

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