Observer remains stationary rather than walking a transect
Chapter 3 - Point transect sampling
This chapter describes methods associated with point transect sampling. Analyses of this type of data is inherently more difficult, for reasons explained in this material. A comparative study of songbird density estimated is presented, describing the advantages of the snapshot field procedure to minimise the effect of animal movement upon estimates.
Point transect sampling
Case study of point transects with songbirds: the Montrave study
Analysis of point transect data
- Exercise description
- Exercise instructions
- Question 1: Simulated data Distance project zip file
- Question 2 Montrave data of winter wrens
- Montrave wrens 5-minute counts Distance project zip file
- Montrave wrens snapshot Distance project zip file
- Montrave wrens cue count (5 minutes) Distance project zip file
- Montrave wrens line transect method Distance project zip file
- Alternative analysis of Montrave data
- Montrave wrens 5-minute counts Distance project zip file
- Question 3 Savannah sparrows, Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado
- Song sparrow 1980 Distance project zip file
- Song sparrow 1981 Distance project zip file
- Song sparrow 1980 Distance project zip file
- Question 1: Simulated data Distance project zip file
- Narrative discussion of point transect analyses
- Exercise solution
