Abstract
There are many applied and theoretical reasons why estimates of population density or abundance are needed (e.g., endangered species management, effects of habitat manipulation). The trapping web is a field sampling and associated analysis method that is useful in a wide variety of biological applications. In designing a study, it is useful to have a tool to guide the sampling design. WebSim provides simulation and response surface methods to evaluate bias and precision of density estimates in a trapping web study as a function of several design variables. The software is freely available on the Internet and runs on 32-bit Windows systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1259-1261 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Wildlife Society Bulletin |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Dec 2002 |
Keywords
- Density estimation
- Distance sampling
- Monte Carlo simulation
- Sampling
- Study design
- Trapping web