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The basic methods used by ecologists to study the living world include experimenting, classifying, and modelling, but not observing.
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Actually census' are the most accurate estimation (including the estimation of homeless, illegals, etc.)
making pieces of eight go furtherMeasuring biodiversity falls into the really-important-but-incredibly-difficult-to-do category of chores, so when someone comes up with a scheme to make it more cost-effective (i.e. easier) they deserve to be heard. A lengthy list of international conservation biologists, fronted by the University of East Anglia's Toby Gardner, has done just that, and just they've published their findings in Ecology Letters. After sampling a wide range of taxa at sites across 500 000 hectares of Brazilian Amazonia, birds and dung beetles shook out as being particularly good - and cheap - indicators of general biodiversity. However, focusing on these groups is a double-edged sword: on the one hand the money goes further, but on the other we remain ignorant of those poorly understood, expensive to study species.
Dimensional methods: - aspect, surface-area/volume, loading ratios • Outline methods: - Pairwise differences in perimeter shape • Segmentation methods: - Polygons • Landmark methods: - Shape coordinates - Partial warps - Phylogenetic
The basic methods used by ecologists to study the living world include experimenting, classifying, and modelling, but not observing.
Direct observation: Counting individuals in the population through visual or physical assessment. Mark and recapture: Capturing and marking individuals, releasing them back into the population, then recapturing to calculate population size based on marked individuals. Transect sampling: Counting individuals along predetermined transects or lines within the population. Remote sensing: Using satellite imagery or other technology to estimate population size based on habitat characteristics.
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There are many methods worth mentioning including: Sampling: Count a small part and assume even distribution. Differential equations: Can take into account the ammount of food available, predetor populations and disease among other factors. Census: Sit down and count one by one.
There are different methods for comparing the mean, variance or standard error, distribution or other characteristics of populations. Without more specific information it is not possible to answer the question.
Experimentation and observation are methods used in gathering scientific data that can then be used to answer questions and solve problems.
T. Laevastu has written: 'Fish biomass parameter estimations' -- subject(s): Statistical methods, Fish populations
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