Optimum timeframes for detecting songbird vocalizations in the Black Hills

USDA Forest Service - Research Paper RMRS-RP

Volumn , Issue 21 RMRS-RP, 2000, Pages 1-6

  Mills, Todd R ^a   Rumble, Mark A ^b   Flake, Lester D ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Forest birds; Hourly variation; Methods

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; DETECTION METHOD; GRASSLAND; POPULATION DECLINE; SONGBIRD; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VEGETATION TYPE; VOCALIZATION;

BLACK HILLS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DENDROICA CORONATA; EMPIDONAX OBERHOLSERI; MYADESTES; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PASSERI; PIRANGA LUDOVICIANA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SITTA CANADENSIS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 41249086055     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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