Assessing landbird monitoring programs and demographic causes of population trends

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1665-1673

  Saracco, James F ^a   Desante, David F ^a   Kaschube, Danielle R ^a  

^a Institute for Bird Populations   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Constant effort mist netting; Dendroka petechia; Monitoring avian productivity and survivorship; North American breeding bird survey; Parulidae; Population trend; Productivity; Survival

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP;

AVES; DENDROICA PETECHIA; EMBERIZINAE; PHYLLOSCOPUS SIBILATRIX;

EID: 56649097118     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-129     Document Type: Article

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