Reliable estimation of the size or density of wild animal populations is very important for
effective wildlife management, conservation and ecology. Currently, the most widely used …

Distance sampling is a widely used technique for estimating the size or density of biological
populations. Many distance sampling designs and most analyses use the software Distance …

This is the fourth book dedicated to distance sampling. The first (Buckland et al. 1993)
appeared at around the same time as the first version of the Distance software (Laake et al …

Beaked whales are deep diving elusive animals, difficult to census with conventional visual
surveys. Methods are presented for the density estimation of beaked whales, using passive …

The endangered Rice's whale Balaenoptera ricei, with fewer than 100 individuals
remaining, is the only year-round resident baleen whale found in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) …

Roaring and repetition: How bowhead whales adjust their call density and source level (Lombard
effect) in the presence of natural and seismic airgun survey noisea) | The Journal of the …

Acoustic communication is an important aspect of reproductive, foraging and social
behaviours for many marine species. Northeast Pacific blue whales (Balaenoptera …

A total of 147 days spread over 4 years were recorded by a stereophonic sonobuoy set up in
the Mediterranean sea, near the coast of Toulon, south of France. These recordings were …

The goal of this project is to use acoustic signatures to detect, classify, and count the calls of
four acoustic populations of blue whales so that, ultimately, the conservation status of each …

Obtaining accurate information on the distribution, density, and abundance of animals is an
important first step toward their conservation. Methodological approaches using automatic …