Ecological MethodologyThis coherent text translates the methods of statisticians into "ecological English" so that students may readily apply these methods to the real world. Ecological Methodology, Second Edition provides a balance of material on animal and plant populations. It teaches students of ecology how to design the most efficient tests in order to obtain maximum precision with minimal work. The first part of the text focuses on biological and technical issues in statistical methodology. Students learn about advances that have been made in designing better sampling devices, along with the techniques and equipment used for sampling. The second part deals with creating solid statistical design, and presents all methods that are well-known to statisticians in a language and context that students will easily understand. |
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... estimate of population size ( N ) 2. Accuracy desired in Petersen estimate The first requirement is the usual statistical one of " knowing the answer before you do any of the work , " but this can be a very rough , order - of ...
... estimate of popu- lation size . 3.1.2 Eberhardt's Removal Method A simpler use of removal data to estimate population size was suggested by Eberhardt ( 1982 ) and has been called the " index - removal " method . If an index of population ...
... estimate abundance in organisms sampled by quadrats . It is limited to sampling situations in which enough data has accumulated to have prior estimates of Taylor's Power Law , which specifies the ... Estimation of Population Size.