Design and analysis of long-term ecological monitoring studies /

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Imprint:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8909804
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Other authors / contributors:Gitzen, Robert A., 1968-
ISBN:1139516353 (electronic bk.)
9781139516358 (electronic bk.)
9780521191548 (hbk.)
0521191548 (hbk.)
9780521139298 (pbk.)
0521139295 (pbk.)
Notes:Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:Original 9780521191548 0521191548 9780521139298 0521139295
Table of Contents:
  • Section I. Overview
  • Ecological monitoring : The heart of the matter / Robert A. Gitzen and Joshua J. Millspaugh
  • An overview of statistical considerations in long-term monitoring / Joel H. Reynolds
  • Monitoring (that) matters / Douglas H. Johnson
  • Maximizing the utility of monitoring to the adaptive management of natural resources / William L. Kendall and Clinton T. Moore
  • section II. Survey design
  • Spatial sampling designs for long-term ecological monitoring / Trent McDonald
  • Spatially balanced survey designs for natural resources / Anthony R. Olsen, Thomas M. Kincaid and Quinn Payton
  • The role of monitoring design in detecting trend in long-term ecological monitoring studies / N. Scott Urquhart
  • Estimating variance components and related parameters when planning long-term monitoring programs / John R. Skalski
  • Variance components estimation for continuous and discrete data, with emphasis on cross-classified sampling designs / Brian R. Gray
  • Simulating future uncertainty to guide the selection of survey designs for long-term monitoring / Steven L. Garman, E. William Schweiger, and Daniel J. Manier
  • Section III. Data analysis
  • Analysis options for estimating status and trends in long-term monitoring / Jonathan Bart and Hawthorne L. Beyer
  • Analytical options for estimating ecological thresholds : statistical considerations / Song S. Qian
  • The treatment of missing data in long-term monitoring programs / Douglas H. Johnson and Michael B. Soma
  • Survey analysis in natural resource monitoring programs with a focus on cumulative distribution functions / Thomas M. Kincaid and Anthony R. Olsen
  • Structural equation modeling and the analysis of long-term monitoring data / James B. Grace, Jon E. Keeley Darren J. Johnson, and Kenneth A. Bollen
  • section IV. Advanced issues and applications
  • GRTS and graphs : monitoring natural resources in urban landscapes / Todd R. Lookingbill, John Paul Schmit, and Shawn L. Carter
  • Incorporating predicted species distribution in adaptive and conventional sampling designs / David R. Smith, Lei Yuancai, Christopher A. Walter, and John A. Young
  • Study design and analysis options for demographic and species occurrence dynamics / Darryl I. MacKenzie
  • Dealing with incomplete and variable detectability in multi-year, multi-site monitoring of ecological populations / Sarah J. Converse and J. Andrew Royle
  • Optimal spatio-temporal monitoring designs for characterizing population trends / Mevin B. Hooten, Beth E. Ross, and Christopher K. Wikle
  • Use of citizen-science monitoring for pattern discovery and biological inference / Wesley M. Hochachka, Daniel Fink, and Benjamin Zuckerberg
  • section V. Conclusion
  • Institutionalizing an effective long-term monitoring program in the US National Park Service / Steven G. Fancy and Robert E. Bennetts
  • Choosing among long-term ecological monitoring programs and knowing when to stop / Hugh P. Possingham, Richard A. Fuller, and Liana N. Joseph.