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BIRD CENSUS TECHNIQUES
Bird Census Techniques

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Second Edition

By
Colin Bibby, Bird Life International, U.K.
Neil Burgess, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, U.K.
David Hill, British Trust for Ornithology, Nunnery Place, Thetford, Norfolk, U.K.
Simon Mustoe, Ecoscope Applied Ecologists, U.K.

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.

Audience
Serious ecologist or ornithologist either engaged in research, as a consultant or a serious and interested amateur.

Contents
Acknowledgements. About the Authors. Preface to the Second Edition. 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. Appendix. References. Species Index. General Index.

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 302 pages, publication date: AUG-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-095831-3
ISBN-10: 0-12-095831-7
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS

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