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Table 2 Description of data sets used and density of the event.

From: A comparison of plotless density estimators using Monte Carlo simulation on totally enumerated field data sets

Data Set

Description

n

Dimensions (m)

Density (m-2)

Bee eater

Bee eater nest sites

64

41.5*24

0.06

Corn 1

Rat damage to corn in the Philippines for three different fields

2406

89.25*103.2

0.26

Corn 2

 

1596

86.25*121.6

0.15

Corn 3

 

1342

99.2*96.75

0.14

PG 92

Active pocket gopher burrows – 1992

132

28.5*22

0.21

PG 93

Active pocket gopher burrows – 1993

136

32.6*22.5

0.19

Rice 1

Rat damage to rice in the Philippines for five different fields

1678

63.5*12.25

2.16

Rice 2

 

177

7.31*16.66

1.45

Rice 3

 

3105

17.8*19.8

8.81

Rice 4

 

262

18.36*8.16

1.75

Rice 5

 

275

21.08*7.99

1.63

Sugar 1

Rat damage in sugarcane, Mauna Kea Agribusiness fields, Hawaii, USA

921

7.99*5.96

19.34

Sugar 2

 

199

7.77*5.94

4.31

Sugar 3

 

689

7.98*5.98

14.44

Sugar 4

 

174

7.48*6.52

3.57

Waterfowl

Alaskan waterfowl nests

497

26.3*5.9

3.20

Xanth

Distribution of grass trees (Xanthorrhoea sp.), Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia

748

25*50

0.60