Combining breeding bird survey and Christmas Bird Count data to evaluate seasonal components of population change in northern bobwhite

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-51

  Link, William A ^a   Sauer, John R ^b   Niven, Daniel K ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Christmas Bird Count; Hierarchical model; Markov chain Monte Carlo; North American Breeding Bird Survey; Northern bobwhite; Population change

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GAMEBIRD; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 38649133372     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-299     Document Type: Article

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