UID:
almahu_9948026107902882
Format:
1 online resource (383 p.)
ISBN:
1-281-02945-9
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9786611029456
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0-08-053694-8
Content:
This book is written to serve as a general reference for biologists and resource managers with relatively little statistical training. It focuses on both basic concepts and practical applications to provide professionals with the tools needed to assess monitoring methods that can detect trends in populations. It combines classical finite population sampling designs with population enumeration procedures in a unified approach for obtaining abundance estimates for species of interest. The statistical information is presented in practical, easy-to-understand terminology.Key Features*
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Monitoring Vertebrate Populations; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Basic Concepts; 1.1. Spatial Distribution, Abundance, and Density; 1.2. Monitoring; 1.3. Characterizing a Species of Interest for Assessment; 1.4. Obtaining Parameter Estimates; 1.5. Usefulness of Parameter Estimates; Literature Cited; Chapter 2. Sampling Designs and Related Topics; 2.1. Plot Issues; 2.2. Categorizing a Sampling Design; 2.3. Sampling Designs for Moderately Abundant and Abundant Species; 2.4. A Sampling Design for Rare and Clustered Species; Literature Cited
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Chapter 3. Enumeration Methods3.1. Complete Counts; 3.2. Incomplete Counts; Literature Cited; Chapter 4. Community Surveys; 4.1. Number of Species Versus Their Density; 4.2. Assessment of Spatial Distribution; 4.3. Assessment of Abundance or Density; 4.4. Recommendations; Literature Cited; Chapter 5. Detection of a Trend in Population Estimates; 5.1. Types of Trends; 5.2. Variance Components; 5.3. Testing for a Trend; 5.4. General Comments; Literature Cited; Chapter 6. Guidelines for Planning Surveys; 6.1. Step 1-Objectives; 6.2. Step 2-Target Population and Sampling Frame
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6.3. Step 3-Plot Design and Enumeration Method6.4. Step 4-Variance among Plots; 6.5. Step 5-Plot Selection, Plot Reselection, and Survey Frequency; 6.6. Step 6-Computing Sample Sizes; 6.7. Step 7-Power of a Test To Detect a Trend; 6.8. Step 8-Iterate Previous Steps; 6.9. Example; Literature Cited; Chapter 7. Fish; 7.1. Sampling Design; 7.2. Fish Collection Methods; 7.3. Estimating Populations; 7.4. Example; 7.5. Dichotomous Key to Enumeration Methods; Literature Cited; Chapter 8. Amphibians and Reptiles; 8.1. Complete Counts; 8.2. Incomplete Counts; 8.3. Recommendations; Literature Cited
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Chapter 9. Birds9.1. Complete Counts; 9.2. Incomplete Counts; 9.3. Recommendations; Literature Cited; Chapter 10. Mammals; 10.1. Complete Counts; 10.2. Incomplete Counts; 10.3. Recommendations; Literature Cited; Appendix A: Glossary of Terms; Appendix B: Glossary of Notation; Appendix C: Sampling Estimators; Appendix D: Common and Scientific Names of Cited Vertebrates; Subject Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-688960-0
Language:
English
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