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 …

Motivated by the need to estimate the abundance of marine mammal populations to inform
conservation assessments, especially relating to fishery bycatch, this paper provides …

This is the fourth book dedicated to distance sampling. The first (Buckland et al. 1993)
appeared at around the same time as the first version of the Distance software (Laake et al …

Estimating the abundance and spatial distribution of animal and plant populations is
essential for conservation and management. We introduce the R package Distance that …

Deer (Cervidae) are key components of many ecosystems and estimating deer abundance
or density is important to understanding these roles. Many field methods have been used to …

Cetaceans are protected worldwide but vulnerable to incidental harm from an expanding
array of human activities at sea. Managing potential hazards to these highly-mobile …

Distribution maps of cetaceans and seabirds at basin and monthly scales are needed for
conservation and marine management. These are usually created from standardized and …

The “ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative”(ASI) is a pilot programme aimed at establishing an
integrated and coordinated monitoring system for cetaceans across the Agreement on the …

Context Helicopter-based shooting has been widely used to harvest deer or control
overabundant populations in Australasia, but the effectiveness and cost of this method as a …

Accurate estimates of animal abundance are essential for guiding effective management,
and poor survey data can produce misleading inferences. Aerial surveys are an efficient …