Using stereo-microphones to evaluate observer variation in North American Breeding Bird Survey point counts

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-312

  Campbell, Margaret ^a   Francis, Charles M ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bias; Breeding Bird Survey (BBS); Multiple observer models; Observer variation; Point counts; Recordings; Site occupancy

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BIRD; FIELD METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MODELING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES;

EID: 79957501923     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.10005     Document Type: Review

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