Abundance estimation

Abundance estimation comprises all statistical methods for estimating the number of individuals in a population. In ecology, this may be anything from estimating the number of daisies in a field to estimating the number of blue whales in the ocean.[1]

Contents
Plot sampling
Mark-recapture
Distance sampling
References
Further reading

Plot sampling

Mark-recapture

Distance sampling

References
1. Borchers, D. L.; Buckland, S. T.; Zucchini, W. (2004). Estimating animal abundance (https://archive.org/details/estimatinganimal0000borc). Springer. ISBN 1-85233-560-2.

Further reading
Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations – S. T. Buckland, D. R. Anderson, K. P. Burnham, J. L. Laake (https://books.google.com/books?id=ojzomQEACAAJ)
Estimating Abundance of African Wildlife: An Aid to Adaptive Management – Hugo Jachmann (https://books.google.com/books?id=NhghZeJY10AC)
Advanced Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations (https://books.google.com/books?id=A12TPwAACAAJ)
Geostatistics for Estimating Fish Abundance – J. Rivoirard, J. Simmonds, K. G. Foote, P. Fernandes, N. Bez (https://books.google.com/books?id=AYullUztqswC)
Estimating the Abundance of Arboreal Forage Lichens: User's Guide : a Guide ... – Susan K. Stevenson, Harold M. Armleder, Art N. Lance (https://books.google.com/books?id=kOgsAQAAMAAJ)

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