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: unknown
• Published: Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc. 2020
• Subjects: aerial survey; albatross; Diomedea; photographic census; population monitoring; Adams Island; New Zealand; Auckland Islands; Enderby Island; Wandering Albatross
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/47479/

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 wa...