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In Press		go to top
	Paxton, C.G.M., Hedley, S. and Bannister, J.L.	Group IV Humpback whales: their status from aerial and land-based surveys off Western Australia, (Journal of Cetacean Research & Management)
	Marques, T.A., S.T. Buckland, D.L. Borchers, E. Rexstad and L. Thomas.	Distance sampling. Springer's International Lexicon of Statistical Sciences

Papers		go to top
2011	Marques, T. A., Thomas, L., and J. A. Royle.	A hierarchical model for spatial capture-recapture data: comment. Ecology 92, 526-528.
2011	McCarthy, E., D. Moretti, L. Thomas, N. DiMarzio, R. Morrissey, S. Jarvis, J. Ward, A. Izzi, A. Dilley.	Changes in spatial and temporal distribution and vocal behavior of Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) during multi-ship exercises with mid-frequency sonar. Marine Mammal Science 27, E206-E226.
2011	Lonergan, M., D. Thompson, L. Thomas and C. Duck.	An approximate Bayesian method applied to estimating the trajectories of four British grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) populations from pup counts. Journal of Marine Biology Article ID 597424.
2011	Mellinger, D.K., S.W. Martin, R.P. Morrissey, L. Thomas and J.J. Yosco.	A method for detecting whistles, moans and other frequency contour sounds. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 129: 4055-4061.
2011	Küsel, E.T., D.K. Mellinger, L. Thomas, T.A. Marques, D.J. Moretti, and J. Ward.	Cetacean population density from single fixed sensors using passive acoustics. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 129: 3610-3622.
2011	Durant, S., M. Craft, R. Hilborn, S. Bashir, J. Hando and L. Thomas.	Long term trends in carnivore abundance using distance sampling in Serengeti national park, Tanzania. Journal of Applied Ecology 48, 1490-1500. .
2011	Mellinger, D. K.; Martin, S. W.; Morrissey, R. P.; Thomas, L. and Yosco, J.	A method for detecting whistles, moans and other frequency contour sounds. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 129, 4055-4061.
2011	Marques T., Munger, L., Thomas, L., Wiggins, S., and Hildebrand J.A.	Estimating North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica) density using passive acoustic cue counting. Endangered Species Research 13, 163-172.
2011	Marques T., Thomas, L., and Royle J.A.	A hierarchical model for spatial capture–recapture data: comment. Ecology 92, 526-528.
2011	Ward J., Jarvis S., Moretti D., Morrissey R., DiMarzio N., Johnson M., Tyack P.,Thomas L., and Marques T.	Beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) passive acoustic detection in increasing ambient noise. Journal of Acoustic Society of America 129, 662-669.
2010	M. P. Heide-Jørgensen, K. L. Laidre, M. L. Burt, D. L. Borchers, T. A. Marques, R. G. Hansen, M. Rasmussen, and S. Fossette	Abundance of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) on the hunting grounds in Greenland. Journal of Mammalogy 91, 1135-1151.
2010	Marques, T.A., S.T. Buckland, D.L. Borchers, D. Tosh, and R.A. McDonald.	Point transect sampling along linear features. Biometrics 66, 1247-1255.
2010	Buckland, S.T., A.J. Plumptre, L. Thomas and E. Rexstad.	Design and analysis of line transect surveys for primates. International Journal of Primatology. 31, 833-847.
2010	Borchers, D.L., T.A. Marques, P. Jupp, and Th. Gunlaugsson.	Estimating distance sampling detection functions when distances are measured with errors. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 15, 346-361.
2010	Savage, A., L. Thomas, K. Leighty, L.H. Soto and F.S. Medina	Novel survey method finds dramatic decline of wild cotton-top tamarin population Nature Communications 1, 30.
2010	Buckland, S.T., A.J. Plumptre, L. Thomas and E. Rexstad.	Line transect sampling of primates: Can animal-to-observer distance methods work? International Journal of Primatology 31, 485-499.
2010	Thomas, L., S.T. Buckland, E. Rexstad, J.L. Laake, S. Strindberg, S.L. Hedley, J.R.B. Bishop, T.A. Marques and K.P. Burnham.	Distance software: design and analysis of distance sampling surveys for estimating population size. Journal of Applied Ecology 47, 5-14.
2010	Newson, S.E., E. Rexstad, S.R. Baillie, S.T. Buckland, and N.J. Aebischer	Population changes of avian predators and grey squirrels in England: is there evidence for an impact on avian prey populations? Journal of Applied Ecology 47, 244-252.
2010	Marçalo, A., Marques, T. A., Araujo, J., Pousão-Ferreira, P., Erzini, K. and Stratoudakis, Y.	Fishing simulation experiments for predicting the effects of purse-seine capture on sardine (Sardina pilchardus) ICES Journal of Marine Science 67, 334-344.
2009	Paxton, C.G.M.	The plural of “anecdote” can be “data”: statistical analysis of viewing distances in reports of unidentified giant marine animals 1758 – 2000 Journal of Zoology 279, 381–387.
2009	Paxton, C.G.M., Burt, M.L., Hedley S., Víkingsson, G.A., Gunnlaugsson, Th. and Desportes, G.	Density surface fitting to estimate the abundance of humpback whales based on the NASS-95 and NASS-2001 aerial and shipboard surveys NAMMCO Scientific Publications 7, 143 – 160.
2009	Pike, D.G., Paxton, C.G.M., Gunnlaugsson, Th. and Víkingsson, G.A.	Trends in the abundance of cetaceans from aerial surveys in Icelandic coastal waters, 1986-2001. NAMMCO Scientific Publications 7, 117 – 142.
2009	Marques, T.A., L. Thomas, J. Ward, N. DiMarzio, P. L. Tyack.	Estimating cetacean population density using fixed passive acoustic sensors: an example with beaked whales. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 125:1982-1994.
2009	Fewster, R.M., S.T. Buckland, K.P. Burnham, D.L. Borchers, P.E. Jupp, J.L. Laake and L. Thomas.	Estimating the encounter rate variance in distance sampling. Biometrics 65:225-236.
2009	Newman, K.B., C. Fernández, S.T. Buckland and L. Thomas.	Monte Carlo inference for state-space models of wild animal populations. Biometrics 65:572-583.
2009	Williams, R. and L. Thomas.	Cost-effective abundance estimation of rare marine animals: small-boat surveys for killer whales in British Columbia, Canada. Biological Conservation 142:1542-1547.
2009	Paxton, C.G.M., Winfield, I.J., and Fletcher, J.M.	Investigation of first year biotic and abiotic influences on the recruitment of pike (Esox lucius) in Windermere, U.K. using Generalized Additive Models. Journal of Fish Biology 74: 2279-2298.
2008	Patterson, T.A., L. Thomas, C. Wilcox, O. Ovaskainen and J. Matthiopoulos.	State-space models of individual animal movement. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23: 87-94.
2008	Southwell, C., Paxton C.G.M., Borchers, D.L., Boveng, P.,Nordøy, E.S., Blix, A.S, and de la Mare, W.	Estimating population status under conditions of uncertainty: the Ross seal in east Antarctica. Antarctic Science 20, 123-133. doi:10.1017/S0954102007000879
2008	Southwell, C., Paxton C.G.M., Borchers, D., Boveng, P., and de la Mare, W.	Taking account of dependent species in management of the Southern Ocean krill fishery: estimating crabeater seal abundance off east. Antarctica. Journal of Applied Ecology 45. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01399.x
2008	Southwell, C., Paxton, C.G.M. and Borchers, D.L.	Detectability of penguins in aerial surveys over the pack-ice off Antarctica. Wildlife Research 35(4), 349-357.
2008	Southwell, C., Paxton, C.G.M., Rogers, T., Borchers, D.L., Boveng, P. and de la Mare, W.K.	Uncommon or cryptic? Challenges in estimating leopard seal abundance by conventional but state-of-the-art methods. Deep Sea Research Part I 55(4), 519-531.
2008	Macqueen, D.J., Robb, D.H.F., Olsen, T. Melstveit, L., Paxton, C.G.M. and Johnston, I.A.	Temperature until the ‘eyed stage’ of embryogenesis programmes the growth trajectory and muscle phenotype of adult Atlantic salmon. Biology Letters 4(3), 294-298.
2007	Marques, T.A., L. Thomas, S.G. Fancy and S.T. Buckland.	Improving estimates of bird density using multiple covariate distance sampling. The Auk 127:1229-1243.
2007	Thomas, L., R. Williams and D. Sandilands	Designing line transect surveys for complex survey regions. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9:1-11.
2007	Williams, R. and L. Thomas.	Distribution and abundance of marine mammals in the coastal waters of British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 9:15-28.
2007	Heide-Jorgensen, M.P., Laidre, K., Borchers, D.L., Samarra, F. and Stern, H.	Increasing abundance of bowhead whales in west Greenland. Biology Letters 3:277-280
2007	Southwell, C., Borchers, D., de la Mare, B. Paxton, C.G.M., and Burt, M. L.	Estimation of detection probability on aerial surveys of Antarctic pack-ice seals. Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics 12:41-54.
2006	Borchers, D.L., Laake, J.L., Southwell, C. and Paxton C. G. M.	Accommodating unmodelled heterogeneity in double-observer distance sampling surveys. Biometrics 62:372-378.
2006	Marques, T. A., Andersen, M., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Belikov, S., Boltunov, A., Wiig, Ø., Buckland, S.T. & Aars, J.	The use of global positioning systems to record distances in a helicopter line transect survey. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33:759-763
2006	Buckland, S.T., Summers, R.W., Borchers, D.L. and Thomas, L.J.	Point transect sampling with traps or lures. Journal of Applied Ecology 43:377-384
2006	Newman, K.B., Buckland, S.T., Lindley, S.T., Thomas, L. and Fernández, C.	Hidden process models for animal population dynamics. Ecological Applications 16:74-86.
2005	Borchers, D.L.	Estimating detection probability from line transect cetacean surveys when detection on the line is not certain: an overview. In Thomsen, F., Ugarte, F and Evans, P.G.H. (eds) Proceedings of the workshop on estimation of g(0) in line transect surveys of cetaceans. ECS Newsletter 44 - Special Issue. 46pp.
2005	Matthiopoulos, J., Harwood, J. and Thomas L.	Metapopulation consequences of site fidelity for colonially breeding mammals and birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 74:716-727.
2005	Paxton, C.G.M. and Holland, R.	Was Steenstrup right? A new interpretation of the 16th century sea monk of the Øresund. Steenstrupia 29:39-47.
2005	Buckland, S.T., Newman, K.B., Thomas, L. and Koesters, N.B.	State-space models for the dynamics of wild animal populations. Ecological Modelling 171:157-175.
2005	Matthiopoulos, J., Harwood, J. and Thomas, L.	Metapopulation consequences of site fidelity for colonially breeding mammals and birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 74:716-727
2005	Paxton, C.G.M., Knatterud, E. and Hedley, S.L.	Cetaceans, sex & sea serpents: an analysis of the Egede accounts of a "Most Dreadful Monster" seen off the coast of Greenland in 1734. Archives of Natural History 32:1-9.
2005	Thomas, L., Buckland, S.T., Newman, K.B. and Harwood, J.	A unified framework for modelling wildlife population dynamics. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics 47:19-34.
2004	Buckland, S.T., Newman, K.B., Thomas, L. and Koesters, N.B.	State-space models for the dynamics of wild animal populations. Ecological Modelling 171:157-175.
2004	Marques, T.A.	Predicting and correcting bias caused by error measurement in line transect sampling using multiplicative error models. Biometrics 60:757-763.
2004	Canadas, A., Desportes, G. and Borchers, D.L.	The estimation of the detection function and g(0) for short-beaked common dolphins (Delphinis delphis), using double-platform data collected during the NASS-95 Faroese survey. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 6:191-198.
2004	Cotter, J., Burt, L., Paxton, C.G.M., Fernandez, C., Buckland, S.T. and Pan, J.X.	Are stock assessment methods too complicated? A critical review centred on North Sea demersal stocks. Fish & Fisheries 5:235-254.
2004	Hedley, S.L. and Buckland, S.T.	Spatial models for line transect sampling. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 9:181-199.
2004	Paxton, C.G.M., Winfield, I.J., Fletcher, J.M., George, G.L. and Hewitt, D.P.	Abiotic and biotic influences on the recruitment of Windermere perch (Perca fluviatilis). Journal of Fish Biology 65:1622-1642.
2004	Reilly, S., Hedley, S., Borberg, J., Hewitt, R., Thiele, D., Watkins, J., and Naganobu, M.	Biomass and energy transfer to baleen whales in the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Deep Sea Research II 51:1397-1409.
2004	Southwell, C., de la Mare, B., Borchers, D.L. and Burt, L.	Shipboard line transect surveys of crabeater seal abundance in the pack-ice off eastern Antarctica: evaluation of assumption. Marine Mammal Science 20:602-620.
2004	Strindberg, S. and Buckland, S.T.	Zigzag survey designs in line transect sampling. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 9:443-461.
2003	Clarke, E.D., Spear, L.B., McCracken, M.L., Marques, F.F.C., Borchers, D.L., Buckland, S.T., and Ainley, D.G.	Validating the use of generalized additive models and at-sea surveys to estimate size and temporal trends of seabird populations. Journal of Applied Ecology 40:278-292
2003	Johnston, I.A., Manthri, S., Alderson, R., Smart, A., Campbell, P., Nickell, D., Robertson, B., Paxton, C.G.M. and Burt, M.L.	Freshwater environment affects growth rate and muscle fibre recruitment in sea water stages of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 1337-1351.
2003	Stratoudakis, Y., Bernal, M., Borchers, D.L., Borges, M.F. and Cardador, F.	Changes in the distribution of sardine eggs and larvae off Portugal, 1985-2000. Fisheries Oceanography 12, 49-60.
2002	Buckland, S.T., Thomas,L., Marques, F.F.C., Strindberg, S., Hedley, S.L., Pollard, J.H., Borchers, D.L., and Burt, M.L.	Distance Sampling: Recent Advances and Future Directions. Quantitative Methods for Environmental Issues, Anderson, Barnett, Chatwin and El-Shaarawi editors. Springer-Verlag.
2002	Hammond, P.S, Berggren, P., Benke, H., Borchers, D.L., Collet, A., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Heimlich-Boran, S., Hiby, A.R. Leopold, M.F. Øien, N.	Distribution and abundance of harbour porpoises and other cetaceans in the North Sea and adjacent waters. Journal of Applied Ecology 39, 361-376.
2002	Pollard, J. H., Palka D. and Buckland S. T.	Adaptive Line Transect Sampling. Biometrics 58, 862-870.
2001	Anderson, D.R., K.P. Burnham, B.C. Lubow, L. Thomas, P.S. Corn, P.A. Medica, & R.W. Marlow.	Field testing line transect estimation of desert tortoise abundance. Journal of Wildlife Management 65: 583-597.
2001	Bannister, J.L. and Hedley, S.L.	Southern Hemisphere Group IV humpback whales: their status from recent aerial survey. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 47(2): 587-598.
2001	Bernal, M., Borchers, D. Valdés, L., Lago de Lanzós A. & Buckland S.T.	A new ageing method for eggs of fish species with daily spawning synchronicity. Can J. Fish. & Aquat. Sci. 58, 2330-2340.
2001	Buckland, S.T.	Shipboard sighting surveys: methodological developments to meet practical needs. Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, 53rd Session Proceedings, Book 1, 315-318.
2001	Fewster, R.M. and Buckland, S.T.	Similarity indices for spatial ecological data. Biometrics 57, 495-501.
2001	Lennert-Cody, C.E., Buckland, S.T. and Marques, F.F.C.	Trends in dolphin abundance estimated from fisheries data: A cautionary note. Journal of Cetacean Resource Management, 3(3):305-319.
2001	Marques, F.C., Buckland, S.T., Goffin, D., Dixon, C.E., Borchers, D.L., Mayle, B.A. and Pearce, A.J.	Estimating deer abundance from line transect surveys of dung: sika deer in southern Scotland. Journal of Applied Ecology 38, 349-363.
2000	Buckland, S.T., Augustin, N. H., Trenkel, V.M., Elston D.A. and Borchers D.L.	Simulated inference, with applications to wildlife population assessments. Metron vol L VIII, n. 1-2.
2000	Buckland, S.T., Goudie, I.B.J. and Borchers, D.L.	Wildlife population assessment: past developments and future directions. Biometrics 56, 1-12.
2000	Fewster, R.M., Buckland, S.T., Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R. and Wilson, J.D.	Analysis of population trends for farmland birds using generalized additive models. Ecology 81, 1970-1984.
2000	Trenkel, V.M., Elston, D.A. and Buckland, S.T.	Calibrating population dynamics models to count and cull data using sequential importance sampling. Journal of American Statistical Association 95, 363-374.
2000	Trenkel, V.M., Elston, D.A. and Buckland, S.T.	Fitting Population Dynamics Models to Count and Cull Data Using Sequential Importance Sampling. Journal of the American Statistical Association, June 2000, Vol 95, 363-374.
1999	Borchers, D.L.	Composite mark-recapture line transect surveys. In Marine mammal survey and assessment methods, Garner, G.W., Amstrup, S.C., Laake, J.L., Manley, B.F.J., McDonald, L.L. and Robertson, D.G. (eds): 115-126.
1999	Buckland, S.T., Macmillan, D.C., Duff, E.I. and Hanley, N.	Estimating mean willingness to pay from dichotomous choice contingent valuation studies. The Statistician 48, 109-124.
1999	Hedley, S.L., Buckland, S.T. and Borchers, D.L.	Spatial modelling from line transect data. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 1, 255-264.
1999	Summers, R.W., Mavor, R.A., Buckland, S.T. and MacLennan, A.M.	Winter population size and habitat selection by crested tits Parus cristatus in Scotland. Bird Study 46, 230-242.
1999	Thomas, L.	Distance 3.5. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 80(2), 114-115.
1998	Augustin, N.H., Borchers, D.L., Clarke, E.D., Buckland, S.T. and Walsh, M.	Spatio-temporal modelling for the annual egg production method of stock assessment using generalized additive models. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55, 2608-2621.
1998	Augustin, N.H., Mugglestone, M.A. and Buckland, S. T.	The role of simulation in modeling spatially correlated data. Environmetrics 9, 175-196.
1998	Borchers, D.L., Zucchini, W. and Fewster, R.M.	Mark-recapture models for line transect surveys. Biometrics 54:1207-1220.
1998	Borchers, D.L., Buckland, S.T., Goedhart, P.W., Clarke, E.D. and Cumberworth, S.L.	Horvitz-Thompson estimators for line transect surveys. Biometrics 54:1221-1237.
1998	Borchers, D.L., Buckland, S.T., Preide, I.J. and Ahmadi, S.	Improving the precision of the daily egg production method using generalized additive models. Can. J. Fish & Aquat. Sci.: 2727-2742.
1998	Buckland, S.T., Trenkel, V.M., Elston, D.A., Partridge, L.W. and Gordon, I.J.	A decision support system for red deer managers in Scotland. In Population Ecology, Management and Welfare of Deer, pp 82-87. Goldspink, C.R., King, S. and Putman, R.J. (eds.). Manchester Metropolitan University and Universities Federation for Animal Welfare.
1998	Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R., Buckland, S.T., Fewster, R.M., Marchant, J.H. and Wilson, J.D.	Trends in the abundance of farmland birds: a quantitative comparison of smoothed Common Birds Census indices. J. App. Ecol. 35, 24-43.
1998	Trenkel, V.M., Elston, D.A., Buckland, S.T. and McLean, C.	Classification error in red deer census counts. Deer 10, 424-425.
1998	Trenkel, V.M., Partridge, L.W., Gordon, I.J., Buckland, S.T., Elston, D.A. and McLean, C.	The management of red deer on Scottish open hills: results of a survey conducted in 1995. Scottish Geographical Magazine 114, 57-62.
1997	Buckland, S.T., Burnham, K.P. and Augustin, N.H.	Model selection: an integral part of inference. Biometrics 53, 603-618.
1997	Pollard, J.H. and Buckland, S.T.	A strategy for adaptive sampling in shipboard line transect surveys. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 47, 921-931.
1997	Punt, A.E., Cooke, J.G., Borchers, D.L. and Strindberg, S.	Estimating the extent of additional variance for southern hemisphere minke whales from the results of the IWC/IDCR cruises. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 47.
1997	Trenkel, V.M., Buckland, S.T., McLean, C. and Elston, D.A.	Evaluation of aerial line transect methodology for estimating red deer (Cervus elaphus) abundance in Scotland. Journal of Environmental Management 50, 39-50.
1996	Augustin, N.H., Mugglestone, M.A. and Buckland, S.T.	An autologistic model for the spatial distribution of wildlife. J. App. Ecol. 33, 339-347.
1996	Augustin, N. H., Borchers, D. L., Mugglestone, M. A. and Buckland, S. T.	Regression methods with spatially referenced data, Aspects of Applied Biology, 46, 67-74, Modelling in Applied Biology: Spatial Aspects.
1996	Buckland, S.T., Ahmadi, S., Staines, B.W., Gordon, I.J. and Youngson, R.W.	Estimating the minimum population size that allows a given annual number of mature red deer stags to be culled sustainably. J. App. Ecol. 33, 118-130.
1996	Summers, R.W. and Buckland, S.T.	Numbers of wintering woodcock Scolopax rusticola in woodlands in the Highlands of Scotland. Wader Study Group Bulletin 80, 50-52.
1996	Trenkel, V.M., Elston, D.A. and Buckland, S.T.	A simulation framework for re-estimation of parameters in a population model for application to a particular locality. Proceedings in Computational Statistics: 12th Symposium, Barcelona, Spain. pp 477-481. Physica-Verlag.
1995	Buckland, S.T.	Counting heads. The Geographical Magazine, Nov. issue, 32-34.
1994	Anganuzzi, A.A. and Buckland, S.T.	Relative abundance of dolphins associated with tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean: analysis of 1992 data. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 44, 361-366.
1994	Borchers. D.L.	Methods of estimating mean school size from IWC sightings survey data. Rep. int. Whal. Commn 44: 429-437.
1994	Buckland, S.T.	The principles and practice of large-scale wildlife surveys. Transactions of the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference 59, 149-158.

Books and Book Chapters		go to top
2008	Baillie, S.R., S.P. Brooks, R. King and L. Thomas.	Using a state-space model of the UK Song Thrush Turdus philomelos population to diagnose the causes of a population decline. Pp 543-564 in Thomson, D.L., E.G. Cooch and M.J. Conroy (Eds.) Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations. Environmental and Ecological Statistics Vol 3. Springer.
2008	Giminez, O., S. Bonner, R. King, R.A. Parker, S. Brooks, L.E. Jamieson, V. Grosbois, B.J.T. Morgan and L. Thomas.	WinBUGS for population ecologists: Bayesian modeling using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods. Pp 885-918 in Thomson, D.L., E.G. Cooch and M.J. Conroy (Eds.) Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations. Environmental and Ecological Statistics Vol 3. Springer.
2008	Nichols, J.D., L. Thomas and P.B. Conn.	Inferences about landbird abundance from count data: recent advances and future directions. Pp 203-238 in Thomson, D.L., E.G. Cooch and M.J. Conroy (Eds.) Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations. Environmental and Ecological Statistics Vol 3. Springer.
2004	Buckland, S.T., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P., Laake, J.L., Borchers, D.L., and Thomas, L. (editors)	Advanced Distance Sampling. Oxford University Press, September 2004. 595p. 20% discount available for online orders from the publisher.
2004	Pollard, J.H. and Buckland, S.T.	Adaptive distance sampling surveys. Chapter 8 of Buckland, S.T., D.R. Anderson, K.P. Burnham, J.L. Laake, D.L. Borchers & L. Thomas (editors). Advanced Distance Sampling. Oxford University Press. Pp 229-259
2004	Strindberg, S., S.T Buckland & L. Thomas.	Design of distance sampling surveys and Geographic Information Systems. Chapter 7 in Buckland, S.T., D.R. Anderson, K.P. Burnham, J.L. Laake, D.L. Borchers & L. Thomas (editors). Advanced Distance Sampling. Oxford University Press. Pp 190-228
2004	Thomas, L., Geupel, G., Nur, N.G. and Ballard, G.	Optimizing the allocation of count days in a migration monitoring program. In Ralph, C.J. & E.H. Dunn (eds.), Monitoring Bird Populations Using Mist Nets, Studies in Avian Biology 29, Cooper Ornithological Society. Camarillo. Pp 97-111.
2002	Borchers, D. L., Buckland, S.T. and Zucchini, W.	Estimating Animal Abundance: Closed Populations. Springer Verlag, August 2002. 314p. Order copies directly from Springer-Verlag
2002	Buckland, S.T., Thomas, L., Marques, F.F.C., Strindberg, S., Hedley, S.L., Pollard, J.H., Borchers, D.L. and Burt, M.L.	Distance sampling: recent advances and future directions. In Barnett, V., El.Shaarawi, A. Anderson, C. & Chatwin P. (eds.), Quantitative methods for Current Environmental Issues. Springer. London. Pp. 79-97.
2002	Karanth, K.U., Thomas, L. and Kumar, N.S.	Field surveys: estimating absolute densities of prey species using line transect sampling. In Karanth K.U. & Nichols, J.D. (eds.). Monitoring Tigers and Their Prey. Centre for Wildlife Studies, India. Pp 111-120.
2002	Thomas, L., Buckland, S.T., Burnham, K.P., Anderson, D.R., Laake, J.L.,. Borchers, D.L. & Strindberg, S.	Distance sampling. In El-Shaarawi A.H. & Piegorsch, W.W. Encyclopedia of Environmetrics. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. Pp 544-552
2002	Thomas, L. and Karanth, K.U.	Statistical concepts: Estimating absolute densities of prey species using line transect sampling. In Karanth K.U. & Nichols, J.D. (eds.). Monitoring Tigers and Their Prey. Centre for Wildlife Studies, India. Pp 87-110
2001	Buckland, S. T., Anderson D. R., Burnham K. P., Laake J. L., Borchers D.L. and Thomas L.	Introduction to Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations. Oxford University Press, July 2001. 432p. 20% discount available for online orders from the publisher.
2001	Steidl, R.J. and Thomas, L.	Power analysis and experimental design. In Scheiner, S. & Gurevitch, J. (eds) Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press. Pp 14-36
1993	Buckland, S.T., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P. and Laake, J.L.	Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations. Chapman and Hall, reprinted 1999 by RUWPA, University of St Andrews. 446pp. Download on-line version of book: UK site. Please note that printed copies of this book are no longer available.

Selected Reports and Theses		go to top
2007	Marques, T.A.	Incorporating measurement error and density gradients in distance sampling surveys, Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of St Andrews.
2004	Underwood, F.M.	Design-based adaptive monitoring strategies for wildlife population assessment, Unpublished PhD Thesis, University of St Andrews.
2002	Pollard, J.H.	Adaptive distance sampling. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews.
2001	Marques, F.C.	Spatio-temporal modelling of dolphin distribution and abundance in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews.
2001	Strindberg, S.	Optimized automated survey design in wildlife population assessment. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews.
2000	Hedley, S. L.	Modelling heterogeneity in cetacean surveys. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews.
1999	Fewster, R.M.	Spatial and temporal models, with applications in ornithology. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews.
1999	Augustin, N. H.	Spatial and spatio-temporal models with applications in vegetation dynamics and wildlife population estimation. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews.
1998	Trenkel, V.M.	Development of management models and assessment methods for red deer on the open hill in Scotland. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of St Andrews.
1997	Borchers, D.L., Augustin, N.H. and Buckland, S.T.	Spatio-temporal model development to improve annual egg production assessments of mackerel/horse mackerel. Final report to the Directorate for Fisheries (DGXIV) of the Commission of the European Community.
1997	Marques, F.F.C., Buckland, S.T. and Borchers, D.L.	Estimates of sika deer abundance in the Tweedsmuir and Cardrona areas of south Scotland. Report to the Red Deer Commission for Scotland. 13pp.
1996	Borchers, D.L.	Line transect abundance estimation with uncertain detection on the trackline. PhD Thesis. University of Cape Town. 233pp.
1996	Walsh, A.L. and Buckland, S.T.	Monitoring UK bat populations: a review of summer monitoring techniques, sampling strategies and survey design. Unpublished report of the National Bat Monitoring Programme, funded by the Bat Conservation Trust and the Department of the Environment.
1995	Hammond, P.S., Benke, H., Berggren, P. Borchers, D.L., Buckland, S.T., Collet, A., Heide-Jorgensen, M.P., Heimlich-Boran, S., Hiby, A.R., Leopold, M.P. and Oien, N.	Distribution and abundance of the harbour porpoise and other small cetaceans in the North Sea and adjacent waters. LIFE 92-2/UK/027 Final report: 242pp.

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