Department of Statistics

Recent Instructors Pollock, Ken	ST 506	Sampling Animal Populations
	Course Description Statistical methods applicable to sampling of wildlife populations, including capture-recapture, removal, change in ratio, quadrant and line transect sampling. Emphasis on model assumptions and study design. Course Syllabus Introduction to Estimation of Animal Abundance Statistical Inference Background Finite Sampling Background Estimating Abundance Based on Counts Estimating Abundance with Distance Methods Estimating Abundance for Closed populations Using Capture-Recapture Sampling Estimation of Demographic Parameters Estimation of Survival Rates with Band Recoveries Estimating Survival, Movement, and Other State Transitions with Mark-Recapture Methods Estimating Abundance & Recruitment with Mark-Recapture Methods Combining Closed & Open Mark-Recapture : The Robust Design Estimation of Community Parameters Estimation of Proportion of Area Occupied Adaptive Sampling Course Prerequisites ST 511 ST 512 Course Corequisites None Recent Textbooks Analysis and Management of Animal Populations, by Williams, Nicholas and Conroy (2002)