Identification of individual and population-level variation in vocalizations of the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-99

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   del Nevo, Adrian J ^b   Poston, Rachael ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Applied Ecological Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Empidonax traillii extimus; Mark recapture; Monitoring; Neural networks; Vocal individuality; Willow Flycatcher

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACKING; VOCALIZATION;

ARIZONA; CALIFORNIA; KERN RIVER; LAKE ROOSEVELT; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ANIMALIA; EMPIDONAX TRAILLII; SALIX;

EID: 67650331085     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.07090     Document Type: Article

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