Robert A. Gitzen

Design and Analysis of Long-Term Ecological Monitoring Studies. Edited by Robert A. Gitzen ... [Et Al.]

Herausgeber: Gitzen, Robert A.; Millspaugh, Joshua J.

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Produktbeschreibung

Comprehensive and multidisciplinary coverage of fundamental and advanced statistical tools and issues relevant to long-term ecological monitoring.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 590
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1004g
• ISBN-13: 9780521139298
• ISBN-10: 0521139295
• Artikelnr.: 35119642

Autorenporträt

Robert A. Gitzen is a Research Scientist at the School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia. He has worked closely with the US National Park Service to develop monitoring studies in the northern Great Plains and has conducted numerous research studies focused on quantitative methods and wildlife conservation.

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I.
Overview: 1. Ecological monitoring: the heart of the matter Robert A.
Gitzen and Joshua J. Millspaugh; 2. An overview of statistical
considerations in long-term monitoring Joel H. Reynolds; 3. Monitoring
(that) matters Douglas H. Johnson; 4. Maximizing the utility of monitoring
to the adaptive management of natural resources William L. Kendall and
Clinton T. Moore; Part II. Survey Design: 5. Spatial sampling designs for
long-term ecological monitoring Trent McDonald; 6. Spatially balanced
survey designs for natural resources Anthony R. Olsen, Thomas M. Kincaid
and Quinn Payton; 7. The role of monitoring design in detecting trend in
long-term ecological monitoring studies N. Scott Urquhart; 8. Estimating
variance components and related parameters when planning long-term
monitoring programs John R. Skalski; 9. Variance components estimation for
continuous and discrete data, with emphasis on cross-classified sampling
designs Brian R. Gray; 10. Simulating future uncertainty to guide the
selection of survey designs for long-term monitoring Steven L. Garman, E.
William Schweiger and Daniel J. Manier; Part III. Data Analysis: 11.
Analysis options for estimating status and trends in long-term monitoring
Jonathan Bart and Hawthorne L. Beyer; 12. Analytical options for estimating
ecological thresholds - statistical considerations Song S. Qian; 13. The
treatment of missing data in long-term monitoring programs Douglas H.
Johnson and Michael B. Soma; 14. Survey analysis in natural resource
monitoring programs with a focus on cumulative distribution functions
Thomas M. Kincaid and Anthony R. Olsen; 15. Structural equation modeling
and the analysis of long-term monitoring data James B. Grace, Jon E.
Keeley, Darren J. Johnson and Kenneth A. Bollen; Part IV. Advanced Issues
and Applications: 16. GRTS and graphs: monitoring natural resources in
urban landscapes Todd R. Lookingbill, John Paul Schmit and Shawn L. Carter;
17. Incorporating predicted species distribution in adaptive and
conventional sampling designs David R. Smith, Lei Yuancai, Christopher A.
Walter and John A. Young; 18. Study design and analysis options for
demographic and species occurrence dynamics Darryl I. MacKenzie; 19.
Dealing with incomplete and variable detectability in multi-year,
multi-site monitoring of ecological populations Sarah J. Converse and J.
Andrew Royle; 20. Optimal spatio-temporal monitoring designs for
characterizing population trends Mevin B. Hooten, Beth E. Ross and
Christopher K. Wikle; 21. Use of citizen-science monitoring for pattern
discovery and biological inference Wesley M. Hochachka, Daniel Fink and
Benjamin Zuckerberg; Part V. Conclusion: 22. Institutionalizing an
effective long-term monitoring program in the US National Park Service
Steven G. Fancy and Robert E. Bennetts; 23. Choosing among long-term
ecological monitoring programs and knowing when to stop Hugh P. Possingham,
Richard A. Fuller and Liana N. Joseph; References; Index.