Planning for success: Identifying effective and efficient survey designs for monitoring

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1278-1284

  Reynolds, Joel H ^a   Thompson, William L ^b   Russell, Brook ^a,c  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c Casper College   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Monte carlo simulation; Population trend; Sample size; Statistical power; Study planning

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEY; TRADE-OFF;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 79956199896     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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