| Abstract: | This brief chapter addresses two related issues: how effort should be allocated to different parts of the sampling plan and, given optimal allocation, how large a sample will be required to achieve the PRISM accuracy target. Simulations based on data collected to date showed that 2 plots per cluster on rapid surveys, 2 intensive camps per field crew-year, 2-4 intensive plots per intensive camp, and 2-3 rapid surveys per intensive plot is the most efficient allocation of resources. Using this design, we investigated how crew-years should be allocated to each region in order to meet the PRISM accuracy target most efficiently. The analysis indicated that 40-50 crew-years would achieve the accuracy target for 18-24 of the 26 species breeding widely in the Arctic. This analysis was based on assuming that two rounds of surveys were conducted and that a 50% decline occurred between them. We discuss the complexity of making these estimates and why they should be viewed as first approximations. |
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| Citation Author: | Bart, Jonathan ; Andres, Brad A.; Elliott, Kyle ; Francis, Charles M.; Johnston, Victoria ; Morrison, R. I. G. ; Pierce, Elin P.; Rausch, Jennie |
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| Citation Editor: | Bart, Jonathan; Johnston, Victoria |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Arctic shorebirds in North America: a decade of monitoring (Studies in Avian Biology) |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Small-scale and reconnaissance surveys; 2012; Article; Book; Arctic shorebirds in North America: a decade of monitoring (Studies in Avian Biology); Bart, Jonathan ; Andres, Brad A.; Elliott, Kyle ; Francis, Charles M.; Johnston, Victoria ; Morrison, R. I. G. ; Pierce, Elin P.; Rausch, Jennie |
| Citation Start Page: | 141 |
| Citation Volume: | 44 |
| Citation Year: | 2012 |
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| Text: | Small-scale and reconnaissance surveys; 2012; Article; Book; Arctic shorebirds in North America: a decade of monitoring (Studies in Avian Biology); Bart, Jonathan ; Andres, Brad A.; Elliott, Kyle ; Francis, Charles M.; Johnston, Victoria ; Morrison, R. I. G. ; Pierce, Elin P.; Rausch, Jennie |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| Date Other: | Tue, 1 Jan 2013 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
