Off-road sampling reveals a different grassland bird community than roadside sampling: Implications for survey design and estimates to guide conservation;L'échantillonnage hors route révèle une communauté d'oiseaux de prairie différente de celle issue de l'échantillonnage le long des routes: Répercussions sur la conception des relevés et les estimations pour orienter la conservation

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wellicome, Troy I ^a   Kardynal, Kevin J ^a   Franken, Renee J ^a,b   Gillies, Cameron S ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Tierra Environmental Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Grassland birds; Human modified habitats; North American Breeding Bird Survey; Roadside bias; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903769417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17126568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00624-090104     Document Type: Article

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