Testing assumptions of distance sampling on a pelagic seabird

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 455-459

  Lukacs, Paul M ^a   Kissling, Michelle L ^b   Reid, Mason ^c,f   Gende, Scott M ^d   Lewis, Stephen B ^e  

^a Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

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

^c Wrangell St Elias National Park and Preserve   (United States)

^d NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

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

^f Mt Rainier National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus brevirostris; Detection probability; Distance sampling; Kittlitz's Murrelet; Line transect sampling; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 77956928030     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090204     Document Type: Article

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