DNA‐based methods have greatly enhanced the sensitivity and specificity of
hematophagous arthropod bloodmeal identification. A variety of methods have been applied …

A Review of Estimating Animal Abundance II Page 1 International Statistical Review (1992), 60,
2, pp. 129-166. Printed in Great Britain ? International Statistical Institute A Review of Estimating …

Meeting demands for agricultural production while maintaining ecosystem services,
mitigating and adapting to climate change and conserving biodiversity will be a defining …

Acoustic signals constitute a source of information that can be used to measure the spatial
and temporal distributions of vocal organisms in ecosystems. Measuring and tracking those …

With accelerated land-use change throughout the tropics, an increasing proportion of global
biodiversity is located in human-modified landscapes. Understanding the relative effects of …

The statistical distributions of the counts of organisms are generally skewed, and hence not
normally distributed, nor are variances constant across treatments. We present a likelihood …

Counting techniques are widely used to study and monitor terrestrial birds. To assess
current applications of counting techniques, we reviewed landbird studies published 1989 …

Species richness is often used as a tool for prioritizing conservation action. One method for
predicting richness and other summaries of community structure is to develop species …

Autonomous sound recording is a promising sampling method for birds and other vocalizing
terrestrial wildlife. However, while there are clear advantages of passive acoustic monitoring …

During the two breeding seasons immediately following the numerous and widespread fires
of 1988, I estimated bird community composition in each of 34 burned‐forest sites in western …