Integrating count effort by seasonally correcting animal population estimates (icescape): A method for estimating abundance and its uncertainty from count data using adélie penguins as a case study

CCAMLR Science

Volumn 17, Issue , 2010, Pages 213-227

  Mckinlayh, J ^a   Southwell, C ^a   Trebilco, R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Ad lie penguin; Availability bias; CCAMLR; Parametric bootstrap

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 78650532171     PISSN: 10234063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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