On the importance of sampling variance to investigations of temporal variation in animal population size

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Our purpose here is to emphasize the need to properly deal with sampling variance when studying population variability and to present a means of doing so. We present an estimator for temporal variance of population size for the general case in which there are both sampling variances and covariances associated with estimates of population size. We illustrate the estimation approach with a series of population size estimates for black-capped chickadees (Parus atricapillus) wintering in a Connecticut study area and with a series of population size estimates for breeding populations of ducks in southwestern Manitoba.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title On the importance of sampling variance to investigations of temporal variation in animal population size
Series title Oikos
Volume 69
Issue 3
Year Published 1994
Language English
Contributing office(s) Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Description 539-543
Larger Work Type Article
Larger Work Subtype Journal Article
Larger Work Title Oikos
First page 539
Last page 543
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