A field test of distance sampling methods for a tropical forest bird community

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 439-448

  Gale, George A ^a   Round, Philip D ^b   Pierce, Andrew J ^a   Nimnuan, Somchai ^a   Pat Tanavibool, Anak ^c   Brockelman, Warren Y ^b  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Availability; Detection probability; Distance sampling; Line transect sampling; Point transect sampling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETECTION METHOD; EVERGREEN FOREST; FIELD SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECISION; SAMPLING; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ALOPHOIXUS PALLIDUS; AVES; COPSYCHUS MALABARICUS; CYORNIS BANYUMAS; HYPOTHYMIS AZUREA; MALACOCINCLA ABBOTTI; NEPTUNIA; PELLORNEUM RUFICEPS; POMATORHINUS SCHISTICEPS; YUHINA; YUHINA ZANTHOLEUCA;

EID: 67650302623     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08087     Document Type: Article

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