Using Simulation Models to Evaluate Ape Nest Survey Techniques
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Using Simulation Models to Evaluate Ape Nest Survey Techniques
BACKGROUND Conservationists frequently use nest count surveys to estimate great ape population densities, yet the accuracy and precision of the resulting estimates are difficult to assess. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We used mathematical simulations to model nest building behavior in an orangutan population to compare the quality of the population size estimates produced by two of the comm...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010754