Estimation and correction of visibility bias in aerial surveys of wintering ducks

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 808-813

  Pearse, Aaron T ^a,c   Gerard, Patrick D ^a,d   Dinsmore, Stephen J ^a,e   Kaminski, Richard M ^a   Reinecke, Kenneth J ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Aerial survey; Bootstrapping; Mississippi; Sightability model; Variance estimation; Visibility bias; Waterfowl; Winter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AERIAL SURVEY; BOOTSTRAPPING; CORRECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUP SIZE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL; WINTER;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANATIDAE;

EID: 42149181189     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-274     Document Type: Article

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