Ground-based survey methods both overestimate and underestimate the abundance of suitable tree-cavities for the endangered Swift Parrot

Emu

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 350-356

  Stojanovic, Dejan ^a   Webb, Matthew ^a,b   Roshier, David ^c   Saunders, Debra ^a   Heinsohn, Robert ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Threatened Species Section   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cavity availability; forestry; nest selection; survey error; tree hollow.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CALIBRATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; FORESTRY; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SURVEY;

AVES; LATHAMUS DISCOLOR; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 84873893928     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU11076     Document Type: Article

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