| Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations Contributor(s): Buckland, S. T. (Author), Anderson, D. R. (Author), Burnham, K. P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0412426609 ISBN-13: 9780412426605 Publisher: Chapman & Hall OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - General - Science | Life Sciences - Botany |
| Dewey: 591.524 |
| LCCN: 92039560 |
| Series: British Micropalaeontological Society S |
| Physical Information: 446 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study concerns the use of distance sampling to estimate the density or abundance of biological populations. Line and point transect sampling are the primary distance methods. Here, lines or points are surveyed in the field and the observer records a distance to those objects of interest that are detected. The sample data are the set of distances of detected objects and any relevant covariates; however, many objects may remain undetected during the course of the survey. Distance sampling provides a way to obtain reliable estimates of density of objects under fairly mild assumptions. Distance sampling is an extension of plot sampling methods where it is assumed that all objects within sample plots are counted. |