Population estimates for tidal marsh birds of high conservation concern in the northeastern USA from a design-based survey

Condor

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 274-288

  Wiest, Whitney A ^a   Correll, Maureen D ^b   Olsen, Brian J ^b   Elphick, Chris S ^c   Hodgman, Thomas P ^d   Curson, David R ^e   Shriver, W Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^e Audubon Maryland DC   (United States)

Author keywords

abundance; marsh birds; monitoring; northeastern USA; population; sampling design; tidal marsh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962558105     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/CONDOR-15-30.1     Document Type: Article

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