Statistical Efficiency in Distance Sampling. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Distance sampling is a technique for estimating the abundance of animals or other objects in a region, allowing for imperfect detection. This paper evaluates the statistical efficiency of the method when its assumptions are met, both theoretically and by
Robert Graham Clark
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Distance sampling surveys reveal 17 million vertebrates directly killed by the 2020's wildfires in the Pantanal, Brazil. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 Anthropogenic factors have significantly influenced the frequency, duration, and intensity of meteorological drought in many regions of the globe, and the increased frequency of wildfires is among the most visible consequences of human-induced climate ...
Tomas WM +29 more
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Abundance estimation for line transect sampling: A comparison of distance sampling and spatial capture-recapture models. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2021 Accurate and precise abundance estimation is vital for informed wildlife conservation and management decision-making. Line transect surveys are a common sampling approach for abundance estimation.
Crum NJ, Neyman LC, Gowan TA.
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Assessing mammal population densities in response to urbanization using camera trap distance sampling [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Environmental filtering is deemed to play a predominant role in regulating the abundance and distribution of animals during the urbanization process.
Zhilin Li +9 more
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Accurate population estimation of Caprinae using camera traps and distance sampling. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 With most of the world’s Caprinae taxa threatened with extinction, the IUCN appeals to the development of simple and affordable sampling methods that will produce credible abundance and distribution data for helping conserve these species inhabiting ...
Harris GM +4 more
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Distance sampling of duikers in the rainforest: Dealing with transect avoidance. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2020 Bushmeat is a major source of protein and income in tropical regions but is often over-harvested. A better monitoring of bushmeat stocks could help achieve sustainability.
Elenga G, Bonenfant C, Péron G.
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Distance sampling for epidemiology: an interactive tool for estimating under-reporting of cases from clinic data. [PDF]
Int J Health Geogr, 2020 Background Distance sampling methods are widely used in ecology to estimate and map the abundance of animal and plant populations from spatial survey data.
Nelli L +6 more
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Mixture models for distance sampling detection functions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 We present a new class of models for the detection function in distance sampling surveys of wildlife populations, based on finite mixtures of simple parametric key functions such as the half-normal.
David L Miller, Len Thomas
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Incorporating animal movement into distance sampling [PDF]
, 2020 R. Glennie gratefully acknowledges the Carnegie Trust for funding his work on this research project.Distance sampling is a popular statistical method to estimate the density of wild animal populations. Conventional distance sampling represents animals as
Ballance, Lisa +6 more
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The "Tracked Roaming Transect" and distance sampling methods increase the efficiency of underwater visual censuses. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2018 Underwater visual census (UVC) is the most common approach for estimating diversity, abundance and size of reef fishes in shallow and clear waters. Abundance estimation through UVC is particularly problematic in species occurring at low densities and/or ...
Irigoyen AJ +5 more
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