Applying a territory mapping method to census the breeding bird community composition in a montane forest of Taiwan

Taiwan Journal of Forest Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-285

  Lin, Chen Wei ^a   Hsu, Fu Hsiung ^b   Ding, Tzung Su ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Census efficacy; Community composition; Optimal census time; Playback effect; Spot mapping

Indexed keywords

CENSUS EFFICACY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; OPTIMAL CENSUS TIME; PLAYBACK EFFECT; SPOT MAPPING;

BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; MAPPING; OPTIMIZATION; SURVEYS; TROPICS;

FORESTRY;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MAPPING; OPTIMIZATION; TROPICS;

EID: 84883659205     PISSN: 10264469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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