David R Smith, Ph.D.
Dave is a Research Statistician (Biology) at the Eastern Ecological Science Center in Kearneysville, WV.
Dave Smith graduated from Colorado State (MS in Fish and Wildlife Biology) and University of Georgia (MS in Statistics and PhD in Forest Resources). Currently, he is a biological statistician at the USGS Leetown Science Center where he focuses on applied quantitative ecology in support of natural resource management and environmental decision making.
His research activities mostly focus on the following topics:
- Adaptive sampling of rare and clustered populations
- Conservation and science of horseshoe crabs in North America and Asia
- Conservation of freshwater mussels
- Application of structured decision making and adaptive management to natural resource management
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Factors affecting visibility rate of aerial waterfowl surveys in the Mississippi alluvial valley
Because visibility bias can confound attempts to detect changes in abundance, we evaluated factors that affect visibility rate in aerial surveys of wintering waterfowl. We placed waterfowl decoys in 32 2- x 0.25-kin strip transects in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) during February 1990 and 1991 and observed the decoys under different experimental conditions. Visibility rate was influenced
Authors
D. R. Smith, K. J. Reinecke, M.J. Conroy, M.W. Brown, J.R. Nassar
Point count length and detection of forest neotropical migrant birds
Comparisons of bird abundances among years or among habitats assume that the rates at which birds are detected and counted are constant within species. We use point count data collected in forests of the Mid-Atlantic states to estimate detection probabilities for Neotropical migrant bird species as a function of count length. For some species, significant differences existed among years or observe
Authors
D.K. Dawson, D. R. Smith, C.S. Robbins
Point count length and detection of forest neotropical migrant birds
No abstract available at this time
Authors
D.K. Dawson, D. R. Smith, C.S. Robbins
Efficiency of adaptive cluster sampling for estimating density of wintering waterfowl
No abstract available.
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D. R. Smith, M.J. Conroy, D.H. Brakhage
Designing large-scale surveys of wildlife abundance and diversity using statistical sampling principles
No abstract available.
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M.J. Conroy, D. R. Smith
Stable lead isotopes evidence anthropogenic contamination in Alaskan sea otters
No abstract available.
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D. R. Smith, S. Niemeyer, J. A. Estes, A.R. Flegal
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Factors affecting visibility rate of aerial waterfowl surveys in the Mississippi alluvial valley
Because visibility bias can confound attempts to detect changes in abundance, we evaluated factors that affect visibility rate in aerial surveys of wintering waterfowl. We placed waterfowl decoys in 32 2- x 0.25-kin strip transects in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) during February 1990 and 1991 and observed the decoys under different experimental conditions. Visibility rate was influenced
Authors
D. R. Smith, K. J. Reinecke, M.J. Conroy, M.W. Brown, J.R. Nassar
Point count length and detection of forest neotropical migrant birds
Comparisons of bird abundances among years or among habitats assume that the rates at which birds are detected and counted are constant within species. We use point count data collected in forests of the Mid-Atlantic states to estimate detection probabilities for Neotropical migrant bird species as a function of count length. For some species, significant differences existed among years or observe
Authors
D.K. Dawson, D. R. Smith, C.S. Robbins
Point count length and detection of forest neotropical migrant birds
No abstract available at this time
Authors
D.K. Dawson, D. R. Smith, C.S. Robbins
Efficiency of adaptive cluster sampling for estimating density of wintering waterfowl
No abstract available.
Authors
D. R. Smith, M.J. Conroy, D.H. Brakhage
Designing large-scale surveys of wildlife abundance and diversity using statistical sampling principles
No abstract available.
Authors
M.J. Conroy, D. R. Smith
Stable lead isotopes evidence anthropogenic contamination in Alaskan sea otters
No abstract available.
Authors
D. R. Smith, S. Niemeyer, J. A. Estes, A.R. Flegal