Population density of the Réunion Grey White-eye Zosterops borbonicus within the summit ecosystems of Réunion, Mascarene Islands

• Main Authors: Bertrand, Joris A.M., Bourgeois, Yann X.C., Thébaud, Christophe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: NISC Pty Ltd 2016
• Subjects: distance sampling; Indian Ocean; island endemism; Mascarene Islands; point census; point count; Indian; Single Island; Islands Point; Ocean Island
• Online Access: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ostrich/article/view/141332

Assessing population density is crucial for studying the ecology and evolutionary biology of species as well as for conservation purposes. Here we used point count methods to infer population density in a single-island endemic passerine bird, the Réunion Grey White-eye Zosterops borbonicus, that dis...