非随机抽样测量了教科书中的热量级的发生率,但不是强度
Daniel R MacNulty1, Elaine M Brice2, Eric J Larsen3
1Department of Wildland Resources and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA.
Ecology letters
|November 27, 2023
概括
抽取最高的幼的样本高估了它们对狼的重新引入的种群反应. 随机抽样仍然显示了比非随机抽样更弱的热量级联.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 野生动物生物学 野生动物生物学
- 林业林业 林业 林业 林业
背景情况:
- (Populus tremuloides) 的招募对生态系统健康至关重要.
- 众所周知,狼的再引入会影响类动物的浏览模式.
- 评估树对热带级流的反应需要准确的采样方法.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估抽样的准确性,对五个最高的年轻树进行抽样,以评估树的招聘.
- 为了比较狼重新引入后不同采样策略下的树种群反应.
- 重新证实随机与非随机采样下的热量级联的比较强度.
主要方法:
- 使用两种抽样技术对树种群反应的比较:随机抽样与抽样五个最高的年轻树.
- 在狼的重新引入和观察到的热带级联的背景下分析数据.
- 与最高的树采样方法相关的高估偏差的统计评估.
主要成果:
- 抽取五个最高的年轻树的样本高估了树对狼重新引入的种群水平反应.
- 最初的结论是随机抽样描述的热量级比非随机抽样更弱,仍然有效.
- 在最高的树采样方法中发现了显著的偏差.
结论:
- 五个最高的年轻树采样方法不是对狼重新引入的总体树种群动态的可靠指标.
- 非随机采样方法提供了更准确的表征的热带级联强度.
- 生态研究应仔细考虑采样方法,以避免高估偏差.
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