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Résumé :
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This is the first book to provide an accessible introduction to the many various wildlife population assessment methods. lt uses a new approach that makes the full range of methods accessible in a way that has not previously been possible. Traditionally, newcomers to the field have had to face the daunting prospect of grasping new concepts for almost every one of the many methods. In contrast, this book uses a single conceptual (and statistical) framework for all the methods, making understanding the apparently different methods easier because each can be seen to be a special case of the general framework. The approach provides a natural bridge between simple methods and recently developed methods. It also links closed population methods quite naturally with open population methods. The book is accompanied by free software on the web, in the form of an R library, allowing readers to get some hands-on experience with the methods and how they perform in different contexts - without the considerable effort and expense required to do this in the real world. lt also provides a tool for teaching the methods, including a means for teaching the methods, including a means for teachers to generate exampies and exercises customised to the needs of their students. As the first truly up-to-date and introductory text in the field, this book should become the standard reference for students and professionals in the fields of statistics, biology and ecology. The book presents the following chapters: Part I Introduction.- Using Likelihood for Estimation.- Part II Simple Methods.- Plot Sampling, Removal, Catch-Effort, and Change-in-Ratio, Simple Mark-Recapture, Distance Sampling.- Part III Advanced Methods.- Extended Building Blocks, Spatial Modelling, Mark-Recapture Revisited, Integrated Models, Open Population Methods.- Part IV Overview Which Method?
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