A comparison of plotless density estimators using Monte Carlo simulation on totally enumerated field data sets

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Plotless density estimators are those that are based on distance measures rather than counts per unit area (quadrats or plots) to estimate the density of some usually stationary event, e.g. burrow openings, damage to plant stems, etc...

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Main Authors: Sugihara Robert T, Engeman Richard M, White Neil A, Krupa Heather W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-04-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/8/6