Reliability of occupancy and binomial mixture models for estimating abundance of golden-cheeked warblers (Setophaga Chrysoparia)

Auk

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-114

  Hunt, Jason W ^a   Weckerly, Floyd W ^a   Ott, James R ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomial mixture model; Detection probability; Golden cheeked Warbler; Point count survey; Population estimate; Setophaga chrysoparia; Spot mapping

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; DECISION MAKING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MAPPING; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; DENDROICA CHRYSOPARIA; SETOPHAGA;

EID: 84858634532     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.11093     Document Type: Article

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