Evaluation of two methods to estimate and monitor bird populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Taylor, Sandra L ^a   Pollard, Katherine S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE OBSERVER METHOD; DOUBLE SAMPLING METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AVES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 52449085228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003047     Document Type: Article

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