Proportionate spatial sampling and equal-time sampling of mobile animals: A dilemma for inferring areal dependence

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 405-415

  Mac Nally, Ralph ^a   Horrocks, Gregory ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Area proportionate sampling; Australia; Bias; Birds; Monte Carlo sampling; Random sampling; Surveys; Time balanced sampling

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PATCH SIZE; SAMPLING; TIMESCALE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0012479937     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01194.x     Document Type: Review

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