Coping with variation in aerial survey protocol for line-transect sampling

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 289-298

  Laake, Jeff ^a   Guenzel, Richard J ^b   Bengtson, John L ^a   Boveng, Peter ^a   Cameron, Michael ^a   Hanson, M Bradley ^c  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DETECTION METHOD; LINE TRANSECT; PINNIPED; SAMPLING;

ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANTILOCAPRIDAE; HYDRURGA LEPTONYX; LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII; LOBODON CARCINOPHAGA; OMMATOPHOCA ROSSII;

EID: 46249116773     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR07065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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