Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Bryan Manly and Jorge Navarro -- 2. Standard sampling methods and analyses / Bryan Manly -- 3. Adaptive sampling methods / Jennifer Brown -- 4. Line transect sampling / Jorge Navarro and Raúl Díaz-Gamboa -- 5. Removal and change-in-ratio methods / Lyman McDonald and Bryan Manly -- 6. Plotless sampling / Jorge Navarro -- 7. Introduction to mark-recapture sampling and closed-population models / Jorge Navarro, Bryan Manly, and Roberto Barrientos-Medina -- 8. Open-population mark-recapture models / Bryan Manly, Jorge Navarro, and Trent McDonald -- 9. Occupancy models / Darryl MacKenzie -- 10. Sampling designs for environmental monitoring / Trent McDonald -- 11. Models for trend analysis / Timothy Robinson and Jennifer Brown.

Including only the necessary mathematical derivations, Introduction to Ecological Sampling shows how to use sampling procedures for ecological and environmental studies. It incorporates both traditional sampling methods and recent developments in environmental and ecological sampling methods. After an introduction, the book presents standard sampling methods and analyses. Subsequent chapters delve into specialized topics written by well-known researchers. These chapters cover adaptive sampling methods, line transect sampling, removal and change-in-ratio methods, plotless sampling, mark-recapture sampling of closed and open populations, occupancy models, sampling designs for environmental modeling, and trend analysis. The book explains the methods as simply as possible, keeping equations and their derivations to a minimum. It provides references to importans, more advanced sampling methods and analyses. It also directs readers to computer programs that can be used to perform the analyses. Features: Presents diverse applied examples that illustrate the importance of sampling design and statistical analysis in ecological research, Covers classical approaches based on survey sampling of finite populations as well as special sampling methods, such as mark recapture, adaptive, and removal sampling, Require no prior knowledge of specialized ecological sampling method, Provides information on using computer programs to analyze the samples, Includes references to further reading, encouraging you to seek in-depth details on more advanced topics, Offers data sets and R Code on a supplementary website Book jacket.

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