A model is given for line transect sampling for the purpose of estimating animal population density which makes no assumption about the value of the detection probability along the transect or about ...

Researchers have strongly favoured the line transect method for estimating elephant population with greater accuracy in order to boost conservation efforts. The study titled 'Reliable monitoring of ...

The line transect method, introduced a decade ago by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to estimate herbivore population, will be replicated for knowing bird count under Common Bird ...

The density of Brazilian tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) was studied in the northeastern part of the Pantanal wetlands of Brazil using two simultaneous and independent methods: (1) systematic camera ...

The study advocated using sighting-based line-transect sampling method to estimate reliable numbers of elephants. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint New Delhi: With discredited methods making the counting of ...

A kite diagram shows the number of animals (or percentage cover for plants) against distance along a transect. A gradual change in the distribution of species across a habitat is called zonation. It ...