Using geographic information systems to compare non-uniform marine bird surveys: Detecting the decline of kittlitz's murrelet (brachyramphus brevirostris) in Glacier Bay, Alaska

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 178-182

  Drew, Gary S ^a   Piatt, John F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; At sea survey; Brachyramphus brevirostris; Density; Glacier Bay; Kittlitz's Murrelet

Indexed keywords

GIS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SURVEY; WADER;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 67649836953     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.125.1.178     Document Type: Article

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