Development of aerial monitoring techniques: to estimate population size of great albatrosses ( Diomedea spp.)

• Main Authors: Baker, GB, Elliott, GP, French, RK, Jensz, K, Muller, CG, Walker, KJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc. 2020
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Environmental management; Environmental assessment and monitoring; Adams Island; New Zealand; Auckland Islands; Enderby Island; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: http://ecite.utas.edu.au/150264

Two approaches to estimating the population size of great albatrosses ( Diomedea spp.) were tested in the Auckland Islands, New Zealand. The first approach used a series of aerial photographs taken on Adams Island to produce high-resolution photo-mosaics suitable for counting nesting Gibson's w...