This includes traditional wildlife range determination and habitat association inventories. Species statusing enables prioritization of animal inventories and population monitoring. All of these activities are included under the term inventory. The ability to draw conclusions about a population parameter from an analysis of the sample data. The separation of a sample population into non-overlapping groups based on a habitat or population characteristic that can be divided into multiple levels.
Groups are homogeneous within, but distinct from, other strata.
A discrete area within a project boundary in which sampling actually takes place. The method of selecting the sample. The application of one RIC method to one taxonomic group for one season. The probability of a new-born individual surviving to a specified age. A sample obtained by randomly selecting a point to start, and then repeating sampling at a set distance or time thereafter.