Abundance estimation comprises all
statistical methods
Statistics (from German: ''Statistik'', "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data. In applying statistics to a scientific, industria ...
for estimating the number of individuals in a population. In
ecology
Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overl ...
, this may be anything from estimating the number of
daisies in a field to estimating the number of
blue whale
The blue whale (''Balaenoptera musculus'') is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of and weighing up to , it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. The blue whale's long and slender body can ...
s in the ocean.
Plot sampling
Mark-recapture
Distance sampling
References
Further reading
Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations – S. T. Buckland, D. R. Anderson, K. P. Burnham, J. L. LaakeEstimating Abundance of African Wildlife: An Aid to Adaptive Management – Hugo JachmannAdvanced Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological PopulationsGeostatistics for Estimating Fish Abundance – J. Rivoirard, J. Simmonds, K. G. Foote, P. Fernandes, N. BezEstimating the Abundance of Arboreal Forage Lichens: User's Guide : a Guide ... – Susan K. Stevenson, Harold M. Armleder, Art N. Lance
Estimation methods
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