Sampling effort determination in bird surveys: Do current norms meet best-practice recommendations?

Wildlife Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 183-193

  Watson, David M ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

completeness; detectability; diversity; stopping rule

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; BIRD; DETECTION METHOD; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEYING;

AVES;

EID: 85026548088     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR16226     Document Type: Review

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