Selected publications

Books:

Buckland, S.T., Bell, M.V. and Picozzi, N. (eds) 1990. The Birds of North-East Scotland. North-East Scotland Bird Club, Aberdeen. 473pp.

Buckland, S.T., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P. and Laake, J.L. 1993. Distance Sampling: Estimating Abundance of Biological Populations. Chapman and Hall, London. 446pp.

Buckland, S.T., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P., Laake, J.L., Borchers, D.L. and Thomas, L. 2001. Introduction to Distance Sampling. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 432pp.

Borchers, D.L., Buckland, S.T. and Zucchini, W. 2002. Estimating Animal Abundance: Closed Populations. Springer Verlag, London. 314pp.

Buckland, S.T., Anderson, D.R., Burnham, K.P., Laake, J.L., Borchers, D.L. and Thomas, L. eds. 2004. Advanced Distance Sampling. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 414pp.

Refereed papers:

Buckland, S.T. and Garthwaite, P.H. 1991. Quantifying precision of mark-recapture estimates using the bootstrap and related methods. Biometrics 47, 255-268.

Buckland, S.T. 1992. Fitting density functions using polynomials. Applied Statistics 41, 63-76.

Buckland, S.T. and Turnock, B.J. 1992. A robust line transect method. Biometrics 48, 901-909.

Garthwaite, P.H. and Buckland, S.T. 1992. Generating Monte Carlo confidence intervals by the Robbins-Monro search process. Applied Statistics 41, 159-171.

Buckland, S.T. and Elston, D.A. 1993. Empirical models for the spatial distribution of wildlife. Journal of Applied Ecology 30, 478-495.

Horgan, G.W., Buckland, S.T. and Mackie-Dawson, L.A. 1993. Estimating three-dimensional line process intensities from tube counts. Biometrics 49, 899-906.

Augustin, N.H., Mugglestone, M.A. and Buckland, S.T. 1996. An autologistic model for the spatial distribution of wildlife. J. App. Ecol. 33, 339-347.

Buckland, S.T., Ahmadi, S., Staines, B.W., Gordon, I.J. and Youngson, R.W. 1996. Estimating the minimum population size that allows a given annual number of mature red deer stags to be culled sustainably. J. App. Ecol. 33, 118-130.

Gordon, A.D. and Buckland, S.T. 1996. A permutation test for assessing the similarity of ordered sequences. Mathematical Geology 28, 735-742.

Borchers, D.L., Buckland, S.T., Priede, I.G. and Ahmadi, S. 1997. Improving the precision of the daily egg production method using generalized additive models. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54, 2727-2742.

Buckland, S.T., Burnham, K.P. and Augustin, N.H. 1997. Model selection: an integral part of inference. Biometrics 53, 603-618.

Trenkel, V.M., Buckland, S.T., McLean, C. and Elston, D.A. 1997. Evaluation of aerial line transect methodology for estimating red deer (Cervus elaphus) abundance in Scotland. Journal of Environmental Management 50, 39-50.

Augustin, N.H., Borchers, D.L., Clarke, E.D., Buckland, S.T. and Walsh, M. 1998. Spatio-temporal modelling for the annual egg production method of stock assessment using generalized additive models. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 55, 2608-2621.

Augustin, N.H., Mugglestone, M.A. and Buckland, S.T. 1998. The role of simulation in modeling spatially correlated data. Environmetrics 9, 175-196.

Borchers, D.L., Buckland, S.T., Goedhart, P.W., Clarke, E.D. and Hedley, S.L. 1998. Horvitz-Thompson estimators for double-platform line transect surveys. Biometrics 54, 1221-1237.

Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R., Buckland, S.T., Fewster, R.M., Marchant, J.H. and Wilson, J.D. 1998. Trends in the abundance of farmland birds: a quantitative comparison of smoothed Common Birds Census indices. J. App. Ecol. 35, 24-43.

Buckland, S.T., Macmillan, D.C., Duff, E.I. and Hanley, N. 1999. Estimating mean willingness to pay from dichotomous choice contingent valuation studies. The Statistician 48, 109-124.

Hedley, S.L., Buckland, S.T. and Borchers, D.L. 1999. Spatial modelling from line transect data. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 1, 255-264.

Buckland, S.T., Augustin, N.H., Trenkel, V.M., Elston, D.A. and Borchers, D.L. 2000. Simulated inference, with applications to wildlife population assessment. Metron 58, 3-22.

Buckland, S.T., Goudie, I.B.J. and Borchers, D.L. 2000. Wildlife population assessment: past developments and future directions. Biometrics 65, 1-12.

Fewster, R.M., Buckland, S.T., Siriwardena, G.M., Baillie, S.R. and Wilson, J.D. 2000. Analysis of population trends for farmland birds using generalized additive models. Ecology 81, 1970-1984.

Trenkel, V.M., Elston, D.A. and Buckland, S.T. 2000. Calibrating population dynamics models to count and cull data using sequential importance sampling. Journal of the American Statistical Association 95, 363-374.

Fewster, R.M. and Buckland, S.T. 2001. Similarity indices for spatial ecological data. Biometrics 57, 495-501.

Marques, F.F.C., Buckland, S.T., Goffin, D., Dixon, C.E., Borchers, D.L., Mayle, B.A. and Peace, A.J. 2001. Estimating deer abundance from line transect surveys of dung: sika deer in southern Scotland. Journal of Applied Ecology 38, 349-363.

Bernal, M., Borchers, D.L., Valdes, L., Lago de Lanzos, A. and Buckland, S.T. 2001. A new ageing method for eggs of fish species with daily spawning synchronicity. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58, 2330-2340.

Lennert-Cody, C.E., Buckland, S.T. and Marques, F.F.C. 2001. Trends in dolphin abundance estimated from fisheries data: a cautionary note. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 3, 305-319.

Buckland, S.T. and Breiwick, J.M. 2002. Estimated trends in abundance of eastern Pacific gray whales from shore counts (1967/68 to 1995/96). Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 4, 41-48.

Cotter, A.J.R., Course, G.P., Buckland, S.T. and Garrod, C. 2002. A PPS sample survey of English fishing vessels to estimate discarding and retention of North Sea cod, haddock, and whiting. Fisheries Research 55,25-35.

Pollard, J.H., Palka, D. and Buckland, S.T. 2002. Adaptive line transect sampling. Biometrics 58, 862-870.

Clarke, E.D., Spear, L.B., McCracken, M.L., Marques, F.F.C., Borchers, D.L., Buckland, S.T. and Ainley, D.G. 2003. Application of generalized additive models to estimate size of seabird populations and temporal trend from survey data collected at sea. J. App. Ecol. 40, 278-292.

Laing, S.E., Buckland, S.T., Burn, R.W., Lambie, D. and Amphlett, A. 2003. Dung and nest surveys: estimating decay rates. J. App. Ecol. 40, 1102-1111.

Marques, F.F.C. and Buckland, S.T. 2003. Incorporating covariates into standard line transect analyses. Biometrics 59, 924-935.

Buckland, S.T., Newman, K.B., Thomas, L. and Koesters, N.B. 2004. State-space models for the dynamics of wild animal populations. Ecological Modelling 171, 157-175.

Cotter, A.J.R. and Buckland, S.T. 2004. Using the EM algorithm to weight data sets of unknown precision when modeling fish stocks. Mathematical Biosciences 190, 1-7.

Cotter, A.J.R., Burt, M.L., Paxton, C.G.M., Fernández, C., Buckland, S.T. and Pan, J.-X. 2004. Are stock assessment methods too complicated?  Fish and Fisheries 5, 235-254..

Hedley, S.L. and Buckland, S.T. 2004. Spatial models for line transect sampling. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 9, 181-199.

Peach, W.J, Baillie, S.R. and Buckland, S.T. 2004.  Current practices in the British Trust for Ornithology Constant Effort Sites scheme and comparisons of temporal changes in mist-net captures with changes in spot-mapping counts at the extensive scale.  In Monitoring Bird Populations Using Mist Nets, pp46-56.  C.J. Ralph and E.H. Dunn (eds).  Studies in Avian Biology 29, Cooper Ornithological Society.

Strindberg, S. and Buckland, S.T. 2004. Zigzag survey designs in line transect sampling. Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 9, 443-461.

Buckland, S.T., Magurran, A.E., Green, R.E. and Fewster, R.M. 2005.  Monitoring change in biodiversity through composite indices.  Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 360, 243-254.

Fewster, R.M., Laake, J.L. and Buckland, S.T. 2005.  Line transect sampling in small and large regions.  Biometrics 61, 856-859.

Thomas, L., Buckland, S.T., Newman, K.B. and Harwood, J. 2005. A unified framework for modelling wildlife population dynamics. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics 47, 19-34.

Buckland, S.T. 2006. Point transect surveys for songbirds: robust methodologies. The Auk 123, 345-357.

Buckland, S.T., Summers, R.W., Borchers, D.L. and Thomas, L. 2006.  Point transect sampling with traps or lures.  J. App. Ecol. 43, 377-384.

Harrison, P.J., Buckland, S.T., Thomas, L., Harris, R., Pomeroy, P.P. and Harwood, J. 2006.  Incorporating movement into models of grey seal population dynamics.  J. Anim. Ecol. 75, 634-645.

Marques, T.A., Andersen, M., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Belikov, S., Boltunov, A., Wiig, Ø., Buckland, S.T. and Aars, J. 2006.  The use of global positioning systems to record distances in a helicopter line-transect survey.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 34, 759-763.

Newman, K.B., Buckland, S.T., Lindley, S.T., Thomas, L. and Fernández, C. 2006. Hidden process models for animal population dynamics.  Ecological Applications 16, 74-86.

Buckland, S.T., Newman, K.B., Fernández, C., Thomas, L. and Harwood, J. 2007.  Embedding population dynamics models in inference.  Statistical Science 22, 44-58.  [Journal home page]

Buckland, S.T., Borchers, D.L., Johnston, A., Henrys, P.A. and Marques, T.A. 2007.  Line transect methods for plant surveys.  Biometrics 63, 989-998.

Marques, T.A., Thomas, L., Fancy, S.G. and Buckland, S.T. 2007.  Improving estimates of bird density using multiple covariate distance sampling.  The Auk 124, 1229-1243.

Buckland, S.T., Marsden, S.J. and Green, R.E. 2008.  Estimating bird abundance: making methods work.  Bird Conservation International 18, S91-S108.

Fewster, R.M., Southwell, C., Borchers, D.L., Buckland, S.T. and Pople, A.R. 2008.  The influence of animal mobility on the assumption of uniform distances in aerial line transect surveys.  Wildlife Research 35, 275-288.

Aars, J., Marques, T.A., Buckland, S.T., Andersen, M., Belikov, S., Boltunov, A. and Wiig, Ø. 2009.  Estimating the Barents Sea polar bear subpopulation size.  Marine Mammal Science 25, 35-52.

Buckland, S.T., Russell, R.E., Dickson, B.G., Saab, V.A., Gorman, D.G. and Block, W.M. 2009.  Analysing designed experiments in distance sampling.  Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics 14, 432-442.

Fewster, R.M., Buckland, S.T., Burnham, K.P., Borchers, D.L., Jupp, P.E., Laake, J.L. and Thomas, L. 2009.  Estimating the encounter rate variance in distance sampling.  Biometrics 65, 225-236.

New, L.F., Matthiopoulos, J., Redpath, S. and Buckland, S.T. 2009.  Fitting models of multiple-hypotheses to partial population data:  investigating the causes of cycles in red grouse.  American Naturalist 174, 399-412.

Newman, K.B., Fernández, C., Thomas, L. and Buckland, S.T. 2009.  Monte Carlo inference for state-space models of wild animal populations.  Biometrics 65, 572-583.

Buckland, S.T., Laake, J.L. and Borchers, D.L. in press.  Double-observer line transect methods:  levels of independence.  Biometrics.

Buckland, S.T., Plumptre, A.J., Thomas, L. and Rexstad, E.A. in press.  Line transect sampling of primates:  can animal-to-observer distance methods work?  International Journal of Primatology.

Buckland, S.T., Plumptre, A.J., Thomas, L. and Rexstad, E.A. in press.  Design and analysis of line transect surveys for primates.  International Journal of Primatology.

Marques, T.A., Buckland, S.T., Borchers, D.L., Tosh, D. and McDonald, R.A. in press.  Point transect sampling along linear features.  Biometrics.

Russell, R.E., Lehmkuhl, J.F., Buckland, S.T. and Saab, V.A. in press.  Short-term responses of red squirrels to prescribed burning in the interior Pacific Northwest, USA.  Journal of Wildlife Management.

Summers, R.W. and Buckland, S.T. in press.  A first survey of the global population size and distribution of the Scottish crossbill Loxia scotica.  Bird Conservation International.

Thomas, L., Buckland, S.T., Rexstad, E.A., Laake, J.L., Strindberg, S., Hedley, S.L., Bishop, J.R.B., Marques, T.A. and Burnham, K.P. in press.  Distance software:  design and analysis of distance sampling surveys for estimating population size.  J. App. Ecol.