Effect of sampling effort and species detectability on volunteer based anuran monitoring programs

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 585-594

  De Solla, Shane R ^a   Shirose, Leonard J ^b   Fernie, Kim J ^a   Barrett, Glenn C ^a   Brousseau, Chris S ^b   Bishop, Christine A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Call surveys; Detection probability; Monitoring programs; Presence absence

Indexed keywords

FROG; MONITORING; SAMPLING; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

ANURA; FELIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; PSEUDACRIS; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA PIPIENS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 4444358651     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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