Plot sampling is a method of abundance estimation . Generally plot sampling assumes that each survey will identify all of the animals in the survey region. From this, plots are selected from the entire survey region and sampled , an estimate can then be made using the Horvitz–Thompson estimator. This is a useful method if it is certain that all of the animals in the sample area will be sighted on a given survey .
In ecology, plot sampling is a method of abundance estimation in which plots are selected from within a survey region and sampled ; population estimates can then be made using the Horvitz–Thompson estimator. Generally plot sampling is a useful method if it can be assumed that each survey will identify all of the animals in the survey region .
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