MBHdesign: An R‐package for efficient spatial survey designs. Issue 3 (17th December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Foster, Scott D.
• Editors: Goslee, Sarah
• Is Part Of: Methods in ecology and evolution. Volume 12:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 415
• Page End: 420
• Publication Date: 2020-12-17
• Subjects: field sampling -- monitoring (community ecology) -- monitoring (disease ecology) -- sampling -- surveys; Ecology -- Periodicals; Evolution -- Periodicals; 577
• DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13535
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2041-210X

Abstract

Abstract: A considered survey design will generate data that are representative of the population that the sample is taken from. All good design takes is a little thought, some information and some good software tools. Spatially balanced randomisation with unequal inclusion probabilities is a modern and efficient design method. These designs are embedded within sampling theory and should be easy to generate. The R‐package MBHdesign allows field researchers easy access to these designs. It implements point‐based and transect‐based methods and allows for the incorporation of legacy sites. The functionality of the package is illustrated with example designs in an environmentally heterogeneous region.