A hierarchical model for estimating change in American woodcock populations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 204-214

  Sauer, John R ^a   Link, William A ^a   Kendall, William L ^a   Kelley, James R ^b   Niven, Daniel K ^c  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

American woodcock; Hierarchical model; Route regression; Scolopax minor; Singing ground Survey; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GAMEBIRD; MODELING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AVES; SCOLOPAX MINOR;

EID: 38649140518     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-534     Document Type: Article

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