Automated sound recording and analysis techniques for bird surveys and conservation

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 18, Issue , 2008, Pages S163-S173

  Scott Brandes, T ^a,b  

^a Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^b Signal Innovations Group Inc ^*  (United States)

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EID: 72249096328     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270908000415     Document Type: Review

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