Double sampling to assess the accuracy of ground-based surveys of tree hollows in eucalypt woodlands

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-260

  Rayner, Laura ^a,b,c   Ellis, Murray ^b   Taylor, Jennifer E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Biodiversity Conservation Science Section   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climbing survey; Eucalyptus woodland; Ground based survey; Survey error; Tree cavity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; ERROR ANALYSIS; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; SAMPLING; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA; EUCALYPTUS MICROCARPA; EUCALYPTUS POPULNEA;

EID: 79955397051     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02145.x     Document Type: Article

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