The use of digital photography in censuses of large concentrations of passerines: The case of a winter starling roost-site

Revista Catalana d'Ornitologia

Volumn 28, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-33

  Pérez García, Juan M ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automatic count software; Estimates; Flock size; Low cost method; Starling roost site; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSERI; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84876150461     PISSN: 16974697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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