Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 8:00 AM-11:30 AM
Willow Glen II, San Jose Marriott
COS 76 - Sampling theory, methods, and assessment
8:00 AMCOS 76-1Hierarchical 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 AMCOS 76-2Sampling 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 AMCOS 76-3Essential attributes of plant diversity and invasion studies
Thomas J. Stohlgren, United States Geological Survey, Fort Collins Center, Sunil Kumar, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Catherine Jarnevich, United States Geological Survey, Mohammed A. Kalkhan, Colorado State University
9:00 AMCOS 76-4An assessment of methods for estimating plant cover
Jeffrey S. Fehmi, University of Arizona, Jason Stevens, University of Arizona
9:20 AMCOS 76-5Sampling bias for accessible locations skews estimates of community abundance
R. Todd Jobe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
9:40 AM Break
9:50 AMCOS 76-6Estimates 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, University of Nevada, Reno
10:10 AMCOS 76-7Monitoring 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, United States Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Michael D. DeBacker, National Park Service, Heartland Inventory and Monitoring Network
10:30 AMCOS 76-8Evaluations of morning versus evening riparian bird surveys and implications for experimental design and ecological theory
Mazeika S.P. Sullivan, University of Idaho, Kerri T. Vierling, University of Idaho
10:50 AMCOS 76-9Population 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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