ABSTRACT

Written by renowned experts in the field, Sampling Strategies for Natural Resources and the Environment covers the sampling techniques used in ecology, forestry, environmental science, and natural resources. The book presents methods to estimate aggregate characteristics on a per unit area basis as well as on an elemental basis. In addition to comm

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|20 pages

Sampling Distribution of an Estimator

chapter 3|58 pages

Sampling Designs for Discrete Populations

chapter 5|38 pages

Stratified Sampling Designs

chapter 7|40 pages

Sampling with Fixed Area Plots

chapter 8|32 pages

Bitterlich Sampling

chapter 9|48 pages

Line Intersect Sampling

chapter 11|36 pages

Miscellaneous Methods

chapter 12|12 pages

Two-stage Sampling

chapter 13|18 pages

Randomized Branch Sampling

chapter 14|16 pages

Sampling with Partial Replacement