Bird Census Techniques

Key Features * A newly revised edition of the immensely successful Bird Census Techniques * An entirely new chapter covering the census methods recommended for tropical habitats * Provides a concise guide to various census techniques and their opportunities and pitfalls

Provides a review and critique of bird survey methodology, providing where necessary references to other key texts/generic methods. This book is an aid to survey design, particularly when there is a need for more specific studies where a species specific method either does not exist or is not deemed suitable due to other factors.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.