Daftar Isi:1. Ecological monitoring The heart of the matter 2. An overview of statistical considerations in long-term monitoring 3. Monitoring that matters 4. Maximizing the utility of monitoring to the adaptive management ofnatural resources 5. Spatial sampling designs for long-term ecological monitoring 6. Spatially balanced survey designs for natural resources 7. The role of monitoring design in detecting trend in long-term ecological monitoring studies 8. Estimating variance components and related parameters when planning long-term monitoring programs 9. Variance components estimation for continuous and discrete data with emphasis on cross-classified sampling designs 10. Simulating future uncertainty to guide the selection of survey designs for long-term monitoring 11. Analysis options for estimating status and trends in long-term monitoring 12. Analytical options for estimating ecological thresholds statistical considerations 13. The treatment of missing data in long-term monitoring programs 14. Survey analysis in natural resource monitoring programs with a focus on cumulative distribution functions 15 Structural equation modeling and the analysis of long-term monitoring data 16 GRTS and graphs Monitoring natural resources in urban landscapes 17 Incorporating predicted species distribution in adaptive and conventional sampling designs 18 Study design and analysis options for demographic and species occurrence dynamics 19 Dealing with incomplete and variable detectability in multi-year multi-site monitoring of ecological populations 20 Optimal spatio-temporal monitoring designs for characterizing population trends 21 Use of citizen-science monitoring for pattern discovery and biological inference 22 Institutionalizing an effective long-term monitoring program in the US National Park Service 23 Choosing among long-term ecological monitoring programs and knowing when to stop