Detection probability of cliff-nesting raptors during helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft surveys in Western Alaska

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-187

  Booms, Travis L ^a,d   Schempf, Philip F ^b   McCaffery, Brian J ^b   Lindberg, Mark S ^a   Fuller, Mark R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

aerial survey; Aquila chrysaetos; Buteo lagopus; detection probability; Falco rusticolus; Golden Eagle; Gyrfalcon; Rough legged Hawk

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; AIRCRAFT; BREEDING; DETECTION METHOD; NESTING; PROBABILITY; RAPTOR;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; BUTEO LAGOPUS; CORVUS CORAX; FALCO RUSTICOLUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 77956481090     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-09-70.1     Document Type: Article

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