Abstract: Estimates of vegetation attributes measured by sampling often inform scientific inference, management actions, and policy decisions. However, different sampling methods and sample sizes (i.e ...

To improve our understanding of the distribution and abundance of amphibians and reptiles in tropical forests, herpetologists need to understand the relative effectiveness of different sampling ...

Survey sampling and estimation methods form the cornerstone of modern statistical inference, underpinning research across the social, medical, and natural sciences. At their heart, these methods ...

A research team has developed a novel direct sampling method based on deep generative models. Their method enables efficient ...

For these studies to be informative, researchers must be aware of biases associated with different sampling methods. Given their effectiveness at capturing a large number of insect individuals, blue ...