ABSTRACT
Most projects requiring a census concentrate on one or perhaps two species, but some consider various species in a particular habitat. In many cases, the habitat itself is the primary concern and the number of the vertebrates is a dependent variable. For such studies, a description of the habitat is relatively more important than for studies of a single species. This chapter presents descriptions of methods to determine numbers of terrestrial vertebrates in particular habitats. The emphasis on habitat when counting several species requires more complete descriptions of habitat than in the projects involving a single species. The chapter contains a few comments on measurements of the habitat, but a more complete description seemed desirable. Fortunately, Dr. Stanley H. Anderson has prepared some comments on measuring vegetation in a habitat, based on his extensive experience.
