Effective use of data from marshbird monitoring programs for conservation decision-making

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 397-404

  Conroy, Michael J ^a   Cooper, Robert J ^a   Rush, Scott A ^b   Stodola, Kirk W ^a   Nuse, Bryan L ^a   Woodrey, Mark S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; sampling design; sea level rise; survey

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PASSERINE; POPULATION MODELING; SAMPLING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 77957363065     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.0318     Document Type: Article

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