Composite analysis of black duck breeding population surveys in Eastern North America

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1165-1176

  Zimmerman, Guthrie S ^a   Sauer, John R ^b   Link, William A ^b   Otto, Mark ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

American black duck; Anas rubripes; breeding population; hierarchical model; plot surveys; transect Surveys; trend analysis

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; BREEDING POPULATION; COMPOSITE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PRECISION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSECT; TREND ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS RUBRIPES; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 84864624813     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.351     Document Type: Article

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