Improving estimates of adélie penguin breeding population size: Developing factors to adjust one-off population counts for availability bias

CCAMLR Science

Volumn 17, Issue , 2010, Pages 229-241

  Southwells, C ^a   McKinlay, J ^a   Emmerson, L ^a   Trebilco, R ^a   Newbery, K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance estimation; Ad lie penguin; Availability bias; CCAMLR; Generalised additive modeling; Parametric bootstrap

Indexed keywords

AVES; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 78650539521     PISSN: 10234063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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