Designing a winter bird atlas field methodology: Issues of time and space in sampling and interactions with habitat

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 345-355

  Gillings, Simon ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlas; Methods; Species accumulation curves; Volunteer surveys

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCUMULATION RATE; ATLAS; BIRD; DESIGN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AVES;

EID: 45449116693     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0286-x     Document Type: Article

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