A model is given for line transect sampling for the purpose of estimating animal population density which makes no assumption about the value of the detection probability along the transect or about ...

Censusing procedures that detect effects of habitat treatment on birds are outlined. We suggest that only relative values of bird species diversity, equitability, abundance, and species richness need ...

When sampling a population, the numbers of organisms are counted within a sample site, and then the results multiplied to estimate the total number in the entire habitat. Large animals and plants can ...

The study advocated using sighting-based line-transect sampling method to estimate reliable numbers of elephants. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint New Delhi: With discredited methods making the counting of ...

Nagpur: A new scientific monograph titled ‘Spatial dynamics and ecology of large ungulate populations in tropical forests of India’ by Centre for Wildlife Studies (CWS) scientists and collaborators ...

A group of researchers has ascertained that the road transect method is the most effective method to estimate vulture populations in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR), home to the southernmost, viable ...

BENGALURU: A new research study in Nagarhole National Park has revealed that dung-based method of counting elephants and other herbivores is not so effective and needs to be replaced by more robust ...