Using binomial distance-sampling models to estimate the effective detection radius of point-count surveys across boreal Canada

Auk

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 268-282

  Matsuoka, Steven M ^a   Bayne, Erin M ^a   Sólymos, Péter ^a   Fontaine, Patricia C ^a   Cumming, Steven G ^b   Schmiegelow, Fiona K A ^a   Song, Samantha J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binomial distance sampling models; Boreal forest birds; Density estimation; Detection probabilities; Effective detection radius; Point count surveys; Population size estimation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; SONG;

CANADA;

AVES;

EID: 84861373086     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.11190     Document Type: Article

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