A comparison of different approaches to monitoring bird density on New Zealand sheep and beef farms

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Weller, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bias; Distance sampling; Population index; Precision; Survey design

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MONITORING SYSTEM; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PRECISION; SAMPLING; SHEEP; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND;

ALAUDA; AVES; OVIS ARIES; TURDIDAE; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 84864444804     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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