Design and Analysis of Long-term Ecological Monitoring Studies (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Gitzen, Robert A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

To provide useful and meaningful information, long-term ecological programs need to implement solid and efficient statistical approaches for collecting and analyzing data. This volume provides rigorous guidance on quantitative issues in monitoring, with contributions from world experts in the field. These experts have extensive experience in teaching fundamental and advanced ideas and methods to natural resource managers, scientists and students. The chapters present a range of tools and approaches, including detailed coverage of variance component estimation and quantitative selection among alternative designs; spatially balanced sampling; sampling strategies integrating design- and model-based approaches; and advanced analytical approaches such as hierarchical and structural equation modelling. Making these tools more accessible to ecologists and other monitoring practitioners across numerous disciplines, this is a valuable resource for any professional whose work deals with ecological monitoring. Supplementary example software code is available online at www.cambridge.org/9780521191548.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139507738
• Artikelnr.: 53014431

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.