Point-Based Mark-Recapture Distance Sampling

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 389-408

  Laake, J L ^a   Collier, B A ^b   Morrison, M L ^b   Wilkins, R N ^b  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian surveys; Detection bias; Distance sampling; Double observer methods; Golden cheeked warbler; Mark recapture; Point independence; Unmodeled heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BIRD; DETECTION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SAMPLING BIAS;

AVES; DENDROICA CHRYSOPARIA;

EID: 80052290126     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: 15372693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13253-011-0059-5     Document Type: Article

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