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List of contributors | |
Foreword | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgements | |
Overview: | |
Ecological monitoring: the heart of the matter | |
An overview of statistical considerations in long-term monitoring | |
Monitoring (that) matters | |
Maximizing the utility of monitoring to the adaptive management of natural resources | |
Survey Design: | |
Spatial sampling designs for long-term ecological monitoring | |
Spatially balanced survey designs for natural resources | |
The role of monitoring design in detecting trend in long-term ecological monitoring studies | |
Estimating variance components and related parameters when planning long-term monitoring programs | |
Variance components estimation for continuous and discrete data, with emphasis on cross-classified sampling designs | |
Simulating future uncertainty to guide the selection of survey designs for long-term monitoring | |
Data Analysis: | |
Analysis options for estimating status and trends in long-term monitoring | |
Analytical options for estimating ecological thresholds - statistical considerations | |
The treatment of missing data in long-term monitoring programs | |
Survey analysis in natural resource monitoring programs with a focus on cumulative distribution functions | |
Structural equation modeling and the analysis of long-term monitoring data | |
Advanced Issues and Applications: | |
GRTS and graphs: monitoring natural resources in urban landscapes | |
Incorporating predicted species distribution in adaptive and conventional sampling designs | |
Study design and analysis options for demographic and species occurrence dynamics | |
Dealing with incomplete and variable detectability in multi-year, multi-site monitoring of ecological populations | |
Optimal spatio-temporal monitoring designs for characterizing population trends | |
Use of citizen-science monitoring for pattern discovery and biological inference | |
Conclusion: | |
Institutionalizing an effective long-term monitoring program in the U.S. National Park Service | |
Choosing among long-term ecological monitoring programs and knowing when to stop | |
References | |
Index | |
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