New methods and technologies for regional-scale abundance estimation of land-breeding marine animals: Application to Adélie penguin populations in East Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 843-856

  Southwell, Colin ^a   McKinlay, John ^a   Low, Matt ^a,b   Wilson, David ^a,c   Newbery, Kym ^a   Lieser, Jan L ^d   Emmerson, Louise ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Ecology and Heritage Partners   (Australia)

^d ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bootstrap estimation; Detection bias; Distance sampling; Photography; Remotely operating cameras; Sample designs

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BOOTSTRAPPING; BREEDING; DATA ACQUISITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PINNIPED; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

ANIMALIA; PINNIPEDIA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84877593909     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1310-z     Document Type: Article

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