Teasing out biological effects and sampling artifacts when using occupancy rate in monitoring programs

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-169

  Gonzalo Turpin, Héloïse ^a   Sirami, Clélia ^a   Brotons, Lluis ^a,b   Gonzalo, Laurent ^c   Martin, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bird detectability; Count duration; Detection probability; Habitat; Mediterranean; Sampling artifact; Site occupancy

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 44649189246     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2008.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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