ESA/SER Joint Meeting (August 5 -- August 10, 2007)
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COS 76 - Sampling theory, methods, and assessment

Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Willow Glen II, San Jose Marriott
8:00 AM
COS 76-1
Hierarchical likelihood estimator for a stratified sample design with observation error
David F. Staples, Minnesota Deptartment of Natural Resources; Mark L. Taper, Montana State University; Bradley B. Shepard, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks; Clint C. Muhlfeld, Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
8:20 AM
COS 76-2
Sampling techniques for evaluating afforestation success in the Lower Mississippi Valley
Bobby D. Keeland, USGS, National Wetlands Research Center; Darren Johnson, IAP World Services
8:40 AM
COS 76-3
Essential attributes of plant diversity and invasion studies
Thomas J. Stohlgren, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory; Sunil Kumar, Colorado State University; Catherine Jarnevich, U.S. Geological Survey; Mohammed A. Kalkhan, Colorado State University
9:00 AM
COS 76-4
An assessment of methods for estimating plant cover
Jeffrey S. Fehmi, University of Arizona; Jason Stevens, Botanic Garden and Parks Authority / University of Western Australia
9:20 AM
COS 76-5
Sampling bias for accessible locations skews estimates of community abundance
R. Todd Jobe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
9:40 AM
COS 76-
Break
9:50 AM
COS 76-6
Estimates of population size for a rare and cryptic species: The importance of spatial clustering of individuals
Bridgette E. Hagerty, University of Nevada, Reno; C. Richard Tracy, University of Nevada, Reno; Richard D. Inman, U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center
10:10 AM
COS 76-7
Monitoring rare species: A case study with the Missouri bladderpod
Lloyd W. Morrison, Missouri State University; Craig C. Young, National Park Service, Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network; David R. Smith, Smithsonian Institution; Michael D. DeBacker, National Park Service, Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network
10:30 AM
COS 76-8
Evaluations of morning versus evening riparian bird surveys and implications for experimental design and ecological theory
Mazeika S.P. Sullivan, The Ohio State University; Kerri T. Vierling, University of Idaho
10:50 AM
COS 76-9
Population trends: Can distance sampling be used to assess the efficacy of management actions for desert tortoise populations
Richard Inman, University of Nevada, Reno; Kenneth Nussear, United States Geological Survey, WERC; C. Richard Tracy, University of Nevada, Reno
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