Authors
Scott D Foster, Geoffrey R Hosack, Emma Lawrence, Rachel Przeslawski, Paul Hedge, M Julian Caley, Neville S Barrett, Alan Williams, Jin Li, Tim Lynch, Jeffrey M Dambacher, Hugh PA Sweatman, Keith R Hayes
Publication date
2017/11
Journal
Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Volume
8
Issue
11
Pages
1433-1442
Description
- A robust scientific conclusion is the result of a rigorous scientific process. In observational ecology, this process involves making inferences about a population from a sample. The sample is crucial, and is the result of implementing a survey design. A good survey design ensures that the data from the survey are capable of answering the research question. Better designs, such as spatially balanced designs, will also be as precise as possible given the constraints of the budget.
- Many study areas will have previously sampled ‘legacy sites’ that already have accumulated a time series of observations. For estimating trent, it is often beneficial to include these sites within a new survey. In this paper, we propose a method to incorporate the locations of legacy sites into new spatially balanced survey designs to ensure spatial balance among all sample locations.
- Simulation experiments indicate that incorporating the …
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