A novel field evaluation of the effectiveness of distance and independent observer sampling to estimate aural avian detection probabilities

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1349-1356

  Alldredge, Mathew W ^a   Pacifici, Krishna ^a   Simons, Theodore R ^a   Pollock, Kenneth H ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aural detections; Avian point counts; Detection probability; Distance sampling; Field tests; Multiple observers

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTION METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; TESTING METHOD;

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EID: 50649105935     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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