A new stratification of mourning dove call-count routes
Journal of Wildlife Management
By: L. H. Blankenship, A.B. Humphrey, and D. MacDonald
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Abstract
The mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura) call-count survey is a nationwide audio-census of breeding mourning doves. Recent analyses of the call-count routes have utilized a stratification based upon physiographic regions of the United States. An analysis of 5 years of call-count data, based upon stratification using potential natural vegetation, has demonstrated that this uew stratification results in strata with greater homogeneity than the physiographic strata, provides lower error variance, and hence generates greatet precision in the analysis without an increase in call-count routes. Error variance was reduced approximately 30 percent for the contiguous United States. This indicates that future analysis based upon the new stratification will result in an increased ability to detect significant year-to-year changes.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | A new stratification of mourning dove call-count routes |
| Series title | Journal of Wildlife Management |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Year Published | 1971 |
| Language | English |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 319-326 |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Journal of Wildlife Management |
| First page | 319 |
| Last page | 326 |
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