Estimating nest density when detectability is incomplete : Variation in nest attendance and response to disturbance by western meadowlarks

Condor

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 223-232

  Giovanni, Matthew D ^a,b,c   Van Der Burg, Max Post ^a,d   Anderson, Lars C ^a,b   Powell, Larkin A ^a   Schacht, Walter H ^b   Tyre, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian hierarchical model; Detection error; False negative errors; Nest attendance; Nest density; Sturnella neglecta; Western Meadowlark

Indexed keywords

AVES; STURNELLA NEGLECTA;

EID: 79957720786     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2011.100076     Document Type: Article

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