Careful thinking is required to design a distance sampling study
Chapter 4 Survey design and field methods
In this chapter you will learn about work conducted prior to data collection–in designing surveys. The lecture on field procedures describes how data collection protocols can be crafted to match the assumptions of distance sampling.
Design of distance sampling surveys
Issues arising at edges of study areas
Determination of adequate sample size
Automation of survey design
Automation of survey design using Distance
Designing distance sampling surveys using Distance
- Exercise description
- Exercise instructions
- Question 1: Mexico survey
- Unprojected Mexico project Distance project zip file
- Projected Mexico project Distance project zip file
- Unprojected Mexico project Distance project zip file
- Question 2 Simple study area coordinates entered manually
- there is no project, simply start Distance stating you wish to create a design
- Question 3 Aerial survey of St Andrews Bay (east coast of Scotland)
- St Andrews project Distance project zip file
- St Andrews project Distance project zip file
- Question 1: Mexico survey
- Narrative discussion of automated survey design
- Exercise solution
- Solution project for Mexico unprojected Distance project zip file
- Solution to manually-entered study area Distance project zip file
- Solution St Andrews Bay survey Distance project zip file
- Solution project for Mexico unprojected Distance project zip file