Separation of availability and perception processes for aural detection in avian point counts: A combined multiple-observer and time-of-detection approach;Distinction des composantes (manifestation et détection) de la probabilité de détection aux points d'écoute: Approche combinant les méthodes fondées sur les observateurs multiples et le temps de détection

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Stanislav, Stephen J ^a   Pollock, Kenneth H ^a   Simons, Theodore R ^a   Alldredge, Mathew W ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Availability process; Avian point counts; Detection probability; Multiple observer method; Perception process; Pollock's robust capture recapture design; Time of detection method

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; POLLACHIUS; SEIURUS; WILSONIA (AVES);

EID: 77956968005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17126568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00372-050103     Document Type: Review

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