Line transect sampling for murrelets: Accounting for incomplete detection and identification

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-44

  Hoekman, Steven T ^a   Moynahan, Brendan J ^b   Lindberg, Mark S ^a   Sharman, Lewis C ^c   Johnson, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c Glacier Bay National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus brevirostris; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Detection probability; Kittlitz's murrelet; Line transect sampling; Marbled murrelet; Population monitoring; Species identification

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; LINE TRANSECT; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; SEABIRD;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 80052250789     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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