Population trends of shorebirds in Southern Ontario, 1974-2009

Waterbirds

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-24

  Kenyon Ross, R ^a   Smith, Paul A ^b   Campbell, Barbara ^a   Friis, Christian A ^a   Guy Morrison, R I ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Smith and Associates Ecological Research Ltd   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bBias; estimating equations; migration surveys; population declines; shorebirds

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; STOPOVER; WADER;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84860451607     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.035.0102     Document Type: Article

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