Modeling Spatially explicit densities of Endangered Avian Species in a Heterogeneous landscape

Auk

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 666-676

  Collier, Bret A ^a   Farrell, Shannon L ^a   Long, Ashley M ^a   Campomizzi, Andrew J ^a   Hays, K Brian ^a   Laake, Jeffrey L ^b   Morrison, Michael L ^a   Wilkins, R Neal ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c East Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Black capped Vireo; Distance sampling; Disturbance; Golden cheeked Warbler; Mark recapture; Military training; Point transect; Unmodeled heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MILITARY GOVERNMENT; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROBABILITY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84890345278     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.13017     Document Type: Article

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