Sources of variation in detection of wading birds from aerial surveys in the Florida everglades

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 731-743

  Conroy, Michael J ^a   Peterson, James T ^a   Bass, Oron L ^b   Fonnesbeck, Christopher J ^c,e   Howell, Jay E ^a,d   Moore, Clinton T ^a   Runge, Jonathan P ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Everglades National Park   (United States)

^c FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial surveys; Bias; Detection; Estimation; Everglades; Florida; Wading birds

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DETECTION METHOD; GROUP SIZE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; TREND ANALYSIS; WADER;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 67649978011     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.07134     Document Type: Article

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