Uneven rates of landscape change as a source of bias in roadside wildlife surveys

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2266-2273

  Betts, M G ^a   Mitchell, D ^b   Diamond, A W ^b   Bety J ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acadian forest; Bird population trends; Blackburnian warbler; Breeding Bird Survey; Habitat loss; Landscape change; Mature forest; New Brunswick; Roadside wildlife surveys

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; DENDROICA FUSCA;

EID: 48249085287     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-004     Document Type: Article

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