This is the fourth book dedicated to distance sampling. The first (Buckland et al. 1993)
appeared at around the same time as the first version of the Distance software (Laake et al …

The mechanisms that stabilize small populations in the face of environmental variation are
crucial to their long‐term persistence. Building from diversity–stability concepts in community …

Accurate abundance estimates of plant populations are fundamental to numerous ecological
questions and for conservation. Estimating population parameters for rare or cryptic plant …

Demographic data can be collected during a single visit, or multiple visits, to the population.
For instance, asinglevisitto thefieldmightbeinprincipleenoughto collectdataontreeringsor …

One of the most common and pervasive questions in applied ecology relates to the size of a
given population. How many animals are there? The question is intrinsically interesting, but …

Given that overabundant white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) can exert lasting
negative effects in forested ecosystems, management of deer has been a foremost …

The mechanisms that stabilize small populations in the face of environmental variation are
crucial to their long-term persistence. Building from diversity-stability concepts in community …

ABSTRACT The Pima Pineapple Cactus is a federally-listed endangered species in
southern Arizona that is often surveyed for compliance with federal law. The recommended …

In this chapter, we consider some of the problems that may be encountered for specific taxa.
We make no attempt to be comprehensive; rather, we have selected a few taxa to illustrate …