Transcription of Chapter 4, Estimating Density: Quadrat Counts
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Chapter 4, Estimating Density: Quadrat Counts
Chapter 4 Estimating density : Quadrat Counts (Version 5, 27 January 2017) Page Quadrat SIZE AND SHAPE .. 137 Wiegert's Method ..141 Hendricks' Method ..146 When Should You Ignore these Recommendations ? ..148 STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS .. 149 Poisson Distribution ..151 Negative Binomial Distribution ..160 LINE INTERCEPT METHOD .. 178 AERIAL SURVEYS OF WILDLIFE 182 Correcting for Bias in Aerial Surveys ..186 Sampling in Aerial Surveys ..189 SUMMARY .. 200 SELECTED 201 QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS .. 192 Counts of plants or animals on areas of known size are among the oldest techniques in ecology. Counts are simple to comprehend and can be used in a great variety of ways on organisms as diverse as trees, shrubs, barnacles, kangaroos, and sea-birds. The basic requirements of all these techniques are only two: (1) that the area (or volume) counted is known so that density is determined directly, and (2) that the organisms are relatively immobile during the counting period so none are missed.
highest statistical precision for a given total area sampled, or for a given total amount of time or money, (2) ecologically, as that quadrat size and shape that are most efficient to answer the question being asked, and (3) logistically, as that quadrat size and shape that are easiest to put out and use. You should be wary of the logistical criterion since in
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