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Line transect sampling of primates : can animal-to-observer distance methods work?
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dc.contributor.author | Buckland, Stephen Terrence | |
dc.contributor.author | Plumptre, A J | |
dc.contributor.author | Thomas, Len | |
dc.contributor.author | Rexstad, Eric | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-22T10:30:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-07-22T10:30:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Buckland , S T , Plumptre , A J , Thomas , L & Rexstad , E 2010 , ' Line transect sampling of primates : can animal-to-observer distance methods work? ' , International Journal of Primatology , vol. 31 , no. 3 , pp. 485-499 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-010-9408-4 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0164-0291 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 458818 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: c20f12db-1a8b-45b3-af33-904da6750617 | |
dc.identifier.other | standrews_research_output: 31419 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 77952420417 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000277641900009 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-7436-067X/work/29591715 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-4323-8161/work/29574872 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-9939-709X/work/73700976 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/1926 | |
dc.description | An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10764-010-9469-4 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Line transect sampling is widely used for estimating abundance of primate populations. Animal-to-observer distances (AODs) are commonly used in analysis, in preference to perpendicular distances from the line. This is in marked contrast with standard practice for other applications of line transect sampling. We formalize the mathematical shortcomings of approaches based on AODs, and show that they are likely to give strongly biased estimates of density. We review papers that claim good performance for the method, and explore this performance through simulations. These confirm strong bias in estimates of density using AODs. We conclude that AOD methods are conceptually flawed, and that they cannot in general provide valid estimates of density. | |
dc.format.extent | 15 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Primatology | en |
dc.rights | © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010. This is an author version of the article. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com | en |
dc.subject | animal-to-observer distances | en |
dc.subject | Distance sampling | en |
dc.subject | Estimating primate density | en |
dc.subject | Kelker strip | en |
dc.subject | Modified Kelker method | en |
dc.subject | Primate survey | en |
dc.subject | QA Mathematics | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QA | en |
dc.title | Line transect sampling of primates : can animal-to-observer distance methods work? | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Mathematics and Statistics | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10764-010-9408-4 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77952420417&partnerID=8YFLogxK | en |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.creem.st-and.ac.uk/len/papers/BucklandIJP2009a.pdf | en |
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