Bird census techniques
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Bird census techniques
Academic Press, c2000
2nd ed.
- hardback
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-295) and index
Previous ed.: 1992
Published in collaboration with BirdLife International, Ecosope Applied Ecologists, RSPB, British Trust for Ornithology
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this book there are entire chapters devoted to the most widely used bird counting techniques, and attempts to amalgamate other counting methodologies into major groups were made. Examples of the use of methods are provided wherever possible and the relative value of various approaches for answering specific questions is also addressed.
Table of Contents
Purpose and Design in Counting Birds.
Census Errors.
Territory Mapping Methods.
Line Transects.
Point Counts and Point Transects.
Relative Measure for Bird Communities in Habitats with High Species Richness.
Catching and Marking.
Counting Individual Species.
Counting Colonial Nesting, Flocking and Migrating Birds.
Distribution Studies.
Description and Measurement of Bird Habitat
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