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    • Estimating wildlife distribution and abundance from line transect surveys conducted from platforms of opportunity 

      Marques, Fernanda F. C. (University of St Andrews, 2001) - Thesis
      Line transect data obtained from 'platforms of opportunity' are useful for the monitoring of long term trends in dolphin populations which occur over vast areas, yet analyses of such data axe problematic due to violation ...

    • Bayesian point process modelling of ecological communities 

      Nightingale, Glenna Faith (University of St Andrews, 2013-06-28) - Thesis
      The modelling of biological communities is important to further the understanding of species coexistence and the mechanisms involved in maintaining biodiversity. This involves considering not only interactions between ...

    • Animal population estimation using mark-recapture and plant-capture 

      Gormley, Richard (University of St Andrews, 2012) - Thesis
      Mark-recapture is a method of population estimation that involves capturing a number of animals from a population of unknown size on several occasions, and marking those animals that are caught each time. By observing ...

    • Estimating anglerfish abundance from trawl surveys, and related problems 

      Yuan, Yuan (University of St Andrews, 2012) - Thesis
      The content of this thesis was motivated by the need to estimate anglerfish abundance from stratified random trawl surveys of the anglerfish stock which occupies the northern European shelf (Fernandes et al., 2007). The ...

    • Mixed effect models in distance sampling 

      Oedekoven, Cornelia Sabrina (University of St Andrews, 2013) - Thesis
      Recently, much effort has been expended for improving conventional distance sampling methods, e.g. by replacing the design-based approach with a model-based approach where observed counts are related to environmental ...