Humans versus autonomous recording units: A comparison of point-count results

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-398

  Hutto, Richard L ^a   Stutzman, Ryan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic survey; Autonomous recording unit; Monitoring; Point count; Sound recording

Indexed keywords

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS;

EID: 72249117807     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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