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      Estimating species richness and density of a bird community in a coastal lagoon on the Mexican Pacific Translated title: Estimación de la riqueza y densidad de especies de una comunidad de aves en una laguna costera del Pacífico mexicano

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          In this study we assess the bias in estimates of bird richness in a tropical wetland. We used 18 months of data from point counts to estimate the species richness in a coastal lagoon in Oaxaca and computed eight species richness estimators. We evaluated estimate inaccuracy using the sum of total richness that we obtained with combined sampling techniques between 2006 and 2010. We selected the richness estimator of minimum inaccuracy and used randomized species accumulation curves to investigate differences in species densities obtained with 10 and 20-minute counts. To ascertain if habitat type influenced richness estimates, we compared the bird diversity associated with contrasting mangrove and estuarine environments. The total richness for the lagoon was 185 species and the jackknife 2 richness estimator showed the minimum inaccuracy. The randomized accumulation curves of 10 and 20 minutes displayed partially overlapping confidence intervals and an increasing time lag between the count durations at equivalent densities. The rarefaction curves from contrasting habitat types showed significantly higher richness and species density in the estuary while the jackknife 2 estimator indicated similar sample coverage in both habitats. We identify important consequences of the sampling methodology that we used and conclude that point count sampling resulted in incomplete species detection but facilitated comparative analyses.

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          En el presente estudio evaluamos el sesgo en las estimaciones de riqueza de especies de aves en un humedal tropical. Utilizamos 18 meses de datos provenientes de puntos de conteo para estimar la riqueza específica en una laguna costera de Oaxaca y calculamos ocho estimadores de riqueza. Evaluamos la inexactitud de las estimaciones utilizando la cifra de riqueza total que obtuvimos con una combinación de técnicas de muestreo entre 2006 y 2010. Seleccionamos el estimador de riqueza de inexactitud mínima y utilizamos curvas de acumulación de especies aleatorizadas para investigar las diferencias entre las densidades de especies obtenidas con recuentos de 10 y 20 min. Para determinar si el tipo de hábitat influyó en las estimaciones de riqueza, comparamos la diversidad avifaunística asociada a los ambientes contrastantes de manglar y estuario. La riqueza total para la laguna fue de 185 especies y el estimador jackknife 2 presentó la mínima inexactitud. Las curvas de acumulación aleatorizadas de 10 y 20 min presentaron superposición parcial de los intervalos de confianza y un desfase temporal creciente entre los lapsos de conteo a densidades equivalentes. Las curvas de rarefacción de tipos de hábitat contrastantes reflejaron una riqueza y densidad de especies significativamente mayor en el estuario, mientras que el estimador jackknife 2 indicó una cobertura de muestreo similar en ambos hábitats. Identificamos consecuencias importantes de la metodología de muestreo que utilizamos y concluimos que el muestreo con los puntos de conteo resultó en una detección de especies incompleta, pero facilitó el análisis comparativo.

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              Overlapping confidence intervals or standard error intervals: What do they mean in terms of statistical significance?

              We investigate the procedure of checking for overlap between confidence intervals or standard error intervals to draw conclusions regarding hypotheses about differences between population parameters. Mathematical expressions and algebraic manipulations are given, and computer simulations are performed to assess the usefulness of confidence and standard error intervals in this manner. We make recommendations for their use in situations in which standard tests of hypotheses do not exist. An example is given that tests this methodology for comparing effective dose levels in independent probit regressions, an application that is also pertinent to derivations of LC50s for insect pathogens and of detectability half-lives for prey proteins or DNA sequences in predator gut analysis.
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                Contributors
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                Role: ND
                Journal
                huitzil
                Huitzil
                Huitzil
                Sociedad para el Estudio y Conservación de las Aves en México, A.C. (CIPAMEX) (Omitlán )
                1870-7459
                December 2014
                : 15
                : 2
                : 64-81
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidad del Mar Mexico
                [2 ] Universidad del Mar Mexico
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                S1870-74592014000200004
                1cf2ef0e-c302-4710-8cab-21f2f741139b

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                Ornithology
                Zoology

                Animal science & Zoology,Ornithology
                point counts,total richness,richness estimator,inaccuracy,bird diversity,mangrove,puntos de conteo,riqueza total,estimador de riqueza,inexactitud,diversidad de aves,manglar

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