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Introduction to Distance Sampling
Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations
Stephen Terrence Buckland, David R. Anderson, Kenneth Paul Burnham, Jeffrey Lee Laake, David Louis Borchers, and Leonard Thomas
448 pages
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5 halftones, numerous figures and tables
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234x156mm
978-0-19-850927-1
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Paperback
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19 July 2001
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- Related software available from http://www.ruwpa.st-and.ac.uk/distance/index.html
This book introduces the suite of techniques known as 'distance sampling', so-called because the common theme is the sampling of distances of objects from a line or point. The objects are usually animals or groups of animals ('clusters'), and the primary aim is to estimate their density or abundance in a survey area. In line transect sampling, the sampled distances are the shortest or perpendicular distance from a detected object to the line. It is the most widely used method for assessing the abundance of a wide range of terrestrial and marine animals. In point
transect sampling, distances of detected objects from the sampled points are recorded. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to both techniques, and also describes several related techniques.
'Introduction to Distance Sampling' updates the 1993 book 'Distance Sampling', which was the first, and until now, only book devoted to the topic. The book is aimed at quantitative biologists and wildlife managers, and statisticians involved in wildlife monitoring programmes. Of particular significance in this update is the chapter on study design and field methods, which has been extensively rewritten and extended. New technologies such as laser range finders, theodolites and the Geographical Positioning System (GPS) are discussed, and advice is given on a wide
range of survey methods. Analysis methods have also been generalized, through the use of various types of multiplier. Many exercises have been introduced, to make the book more useful to graduate students in wildlife and conservation management.Readership: Graduate biologists with a quantitative background, who carry out population assessments of wildlife: mammalogists, ornithologists, and fisheries biologists.
Advanced undergraduate statisticians with an interest in this topic.
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Stephen Terrence Buckland, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, David R. Anderson, Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Colorado, USA, Kenneth Paul Burnham, Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Colorado, USA, Jeffrey Lee Laake, National Maritime Mammal Laboratory, Seattle, USA, David Louis Borchers, University of St Andrews, Scotland, and Leonard Thomas, University of St Andrews, Scotland Visit the Authors' web site
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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
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