Introduction to Distance Sampling
Published on 1. August 2001
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-19-850649-2 (ISBN)
Description
This title offers a comprehensive introduction to distance sampling, a statistical method used by many biologists and conservationists to estimate animal abundance. It is intended for graduate biologists with a quantitative background, who carry out population assessments of wildlife: mammalogists, ornithologists, and fisheries biologists and advanced undergraduate statisticians with an interest in this topic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
5 halftones, 75 line figures
ISBN-13
978-0-19-850649-2 (9780198506492)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
1: Introductory concepts. 2: Assumptions and modelling philosophy. 3: Statistical theory. 4: Line transects. 5: Point transects. 6: Related methods. 7: Study design and field methods. 8: Illustrative examples