ESM 212 Supplementary Readings

1. Survey and sampling design

General References

Brewer, K. R. W., and M. Hanif, Sampling with Unequal Probabilities, (Springer-Verlag, 1983).

Cochran, William Gemell, Sampling Techniques, 3rd edition, (Wiley, 1977).

Kalton, Graham, and D. W. Anderson, "Sampling Rare Populations", 149 Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A 65 (1986).

Thompson, Steven K., and George A. F. Seber, Adaptive Sampling, (Wiley, 1996).

Spatial autocorrelation

Bellehumeur C, Legendre P Multiscale sources of variation in ecological variables: modeling spatial dispersion, elaborating sampling designs LANDSCAPE ECOL 13 (1): 15-25 FEB 1998

Legendre P, Dale MRT, Fortin MJ, et al. The consequences of spatial structure for the design and analysis of ecological field surveys ECOGRAPHY 25 (5): 601-615 OCT 2002

Perry JN, Liebhold AM, Rosenberg MS, et al. Illustrations and guidelines for selecting statistical methods for quantifying spatial pattern in ecological data.  ECOGRAPHY 25 (5): 578-600 OCT 2002

Specific methods

Austin, M.P. and P. C. Heyligers. 1989. Vegetation survey design for conservation: gradsect sampling of forests in north-eastern New South Wales. Biological Conservation 50:13-32.

Nusser SM, Breidt EJ, Fuller WA. Design and estimation for investigating the dynamics of natural resources. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 8 (2): 234-245 MAY 1998.

Stewart-Oaten A, Bence JR Temporal and spatial variation in environmental impact assessment ECOL MONOGR 71 (2): 305-339 MAY 2001

Online Resources

Statistical modeling tools for design and analysis of conservation monitoring data (courtesy of Dan Doak, UC Santa Cruz)

Power Analysis (http://www.statsoftinc.com/textbook/stpowan.html )

2. Vegetation Description and Measurement

Overview of methods

Causton, D.R. 1988. Vegetation Description and Measurement. Unwin Press. Chapters 1-3.

Bonham, C.D. 1989. Measurements for Terrestrial Vegetation, Wiley Interscience.

Davis, F. W. and D. Roberts. Stand structure in terrestrial ecosystems. Pp. 7-30 in, Methods in Ecosystem Science (O. E. Sala, R. B. Jackson, H. A. Mooney, R. W. Howarth, eds.), Springer, New York.

Case studies

Barnett DT, Stohlgren TJ A nested-intensity design for surveying plant diversity BIODIVERS CONSERV 12 (2): 255-278 FEB 2003

STOHLGREN TJ, FALKNER MB, SCHELL LD A MODIFIED-WHITTAKER NESTED VEGETATION SAMPLING METHOD VEGETATIO 117 (2): 113-121 APR 1995

Garcia, MB; Guzman, D; Goni, D An evaluation of the status of five threatened plant species in the Pyrenees BIOL CONSERV, 103 (2): 151-161 FEB 2002.

Online resources

Field methods for monitoring fuel and fire effects (a good online handbook of basic vegetation sampling techniques prepared by the US Fish and Wildlife Service).

3. Animal population survey and monitoring

Mark-recapture (Review papers and textbook)

Lebreton, J.-D., K.P. Burnham, J. Clobert, and D.R. Anderson. 1992. Modeling survival and testing biological hypotheses using marked animals: case studies and recent advances. Ecological Monograph 62:67-118.

Otis, D. L., K. P. Burnham, G. C. White, and D. R. Anderson. 1978. Statistical inference from capture data on closed animal populations. Wildlife Monograph 62:1-135. (part 1)(part 2)(part 3)

White, G. C., D. R. Anderson, K. P. Burnham, and D. L. Otis. 1982. Capture-recapture and removal methods for sampling closed populations. Los Alamos National Laboratory Report LA-8787-NERP, Los Alamos, NM. 235pp. http://www.cnr.colostate.edu/class_info/fw663/White1982/WhiteList.html

Lettink and Armstrong. An introduction to using mark-recapture for monitoring threatened species. (New Zealand Dept. of Conservation Technical Series)

Cooch, E. and G. White. 2007. Program Mark: A gentle introduction. 5th Edition. (Online textbook)

Case Studies

Flowerdew JR, Shore RF, Poulton SMC, et al.
Live trapping to monitor small mammals in Britain
MAMMAL REV 34 (1-2): 31-50 JAN-APR 2004

Monitoring Martes populations in California: Survey design and power analysis
Zielinski WJ, Stauffer HB ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 6 (4): 1254-1267 NOV 1996

Fisher RN, Suarez AV, Case TJ. 2002. Spatial patterns in the abundance of the coastal horned lizard  CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 16 (1): 205-215.

4. Monitoring aquatic communities and ecosystems

Overviews of Methods

Aloi, J. E. 1990. A critical review of recent periphyton field methods. Canadian J. of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 47:656-670.

5. Assessing Ecological Integrity & Indices of Biotic Integrity

Hughes. R.M. et al. 2000. EMAP- Surface waters: a multiassemblage, probability survey of ecological integrity in the U.S.A. Hydrobiologia 422/423: 429-443.

Karr, J.R. 1999. Defining and measuring river health.  Freshwater Biology 41: 221-234.

Karr, J.R. 2000. Sustaining living rivers. Hydrobiologia 422/423: 1-14.

 

 

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