Detection and plant monitoring programs: lessons from an intensive survey of Asclepias meadii with five observers.

Monitoring programs, where numbers of individuals are followed through time, are central to conservation. Although incomplete detection is expected with wildlife surveys, this topic is rarely considered with plants. However, if plants are missed in surveys, raw count data can lead to biased estimate...

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Main Authors: Helen M Alexander, Aaron W Reed, W Dean Kettle, Norman A Slade, Sarah A Bodbyl Roels, Cathy D Collins, Vaughn Salisbury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3527611?pdf=render