This paper reports how three field sampling methods performed in different rooms and on different surface types and how they compare using two different metrics of concentration (μg/g) and loading (μg ...

Students learn about sampling by tracing improvements in sampling procedures over the twentieth century. Scientific inquiries involving flawed sampling are illustrated and discussed using the Literary ...

Bees (family: Apidae) are important ecologically and economically as primary pollinators of many natural and agricultural systems. Given current concerns about declining numbers of bees, many ...

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Aim: Species distribution information is essential under increasing global changes, and models can be used to acquire such information but they can be affected by different errors/bias. Here, we ...

Two separate surveys that relied on two very different sampling methods were used to produce the estimate of voter preferences in the Maryland governor's race reported in today's Washington Post. In ...