Monitoring Plant and Animal Populations

Internet resources to accompany:

Monitoring Plant and Animal Populations

A Handbook for Field Biologists

Caryl L. Elzinga, Daniel W. Salzer, John W. Willoughby, & James P. Gibbs

Published by: Blackwell Science, Inc.

Website kindly hosted by the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center's Monitoring Program (with the assistance of Sam Droege).

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Overview
Chapter 3. Setting priorities
Chapter 4. Qualitative Techniques
Chapter 5. General Field Techniques
Chapter 6. Data Collection and Management
Chapter 7. Basic Principles of Sampling
Chapter 8. Sampling Design
Chapter 9. Statistics
Chapter 10. Trend Analysis
Chapter 11. Selecting Random Samples
Chapter 12. Measuring Vegetation
Chapter 13. Animal Techniques
Chapter 14. Management and Sampling Objectives
Chapter 15. Communication and Monitoring Plans
Appendix I. Monitoring Communities
Appendix II. Sample Size Calculations
Appendix III. Sample Size Calculations for Complicated Sampling Designs
Data forms. Appendix 15 from Elzinga, C.L.; Salzer, D.W.; Willoughby, J.W.
1998. Measuring and monitoring plant populations. Technical Reference
1730-1. Denver, CO: Bureau of Land Management.

New Information and References

If you have any information or references you wish to contribute, or errata to report, please e-mail them to Caryl Elzinga at: alderspring@salmoninternet.com