Conducting rigorous avian inventories: Amazonian case studies and a roadmap for improvement

Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-120

  Lees, Alexander C ^a   Naka, Luciano Nicolas ^b   Aleixo, Alexandre ^a   Cohn Haft, Mario ^c   Piacentini, Vítor de Q ^d   Santos, Marcos Pérsio Dantas ^e   Silveira, Luís Fábio ^d  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Avian surveys; Checklist; Documentation; Taxonomy; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AVIFAUNA; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES POOL; TAXONOMY;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 84903939985     PISSN: 01035657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03544240     Document Type: Article

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