Effective Point-count duration for estimating bird species' richness in Chilean forests

Zoological Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-391

  Vergara, Pablo M ^a   Jiménez, Jaime E ^b   Schlatter, Roberto P ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bird richness; Chilean forests; Effective count duration; Point count

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 80052793621     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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