Separating components of the detection process with combined methods: An example with northern bobwhite

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1319-1325

  Riddle, Jason D ^a,c   Stanislav, Stephen J ^a   Pollock, Kenneth H ^a   Moorman, Christopher E ^a   Perkins, Fern S ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

availability process; Colinus virginianus; dependent double observer method; detection probability; North Carolina; northern bobwhite; perception process; point counts; Pollock's Robust Design; time of detection method

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAPTURE METHOD; DATA SET; PERCEPTION; PLUMAGE; POPULATION MODELING; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLINUS; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; POLLACHIUS;

EID: 77955077961     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-220     Document Type: Article

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