Distance sampling is a widely used technique for estimating the size or density of biological
populations. Many distance sampling designs and most analyses use the software Distance …

FRANSCI (4)SCI222 Page 1 Statistical Science 1999, Vol. 14, No. 4, 427–456 Estimating
Animal Abundance: Review III Carl J. Schwarz and George AF Seber Abstract. The literature …

A guide to data collection, modeling and inference strategies for biological survey data using
Bayesian and classical statistical methods. This book describes a general and flexible …

This advanced text focuses on the uses of distance sampling to estimate the density and
abundance of biological populations. It addresses new methodologies, new technologies …

Techniques for estimation of absolute abundance of wildlife populations have received a lot
of attention in recent years. The statistical research has been focused on intensive small …

Counting techniques are widely used to study and monitor terrestrial birds. To assess
current applications of counting techniques, we reviewed landbird studies published 1989 …

When we talk about forests, we talk about 30% of our planet's land surface 6 area. In 2000
there was an estimated 3 870× 10 ha of forest worldwide, of which 1 5% is in forest …

We hope this book will make the bewildering variety of methods for estimat ing the
abundance of animal populations more accessible to the uninitiated and more coherent to …

COUNTS OF BIRDS seen, heard, or captured are commonly used to elucidate avian-habitat
relationships, investigate responses of avian populations to management treatments or to …

An implicit assumption of standard line transect methodology is that detection probabilities
depend solely on the perpendicular distance of detected objects to the transect line …