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		Sampling Design and Estimation Methods for Natural Resource
		Management // Provides functions for probability and non-
		probability sampling design, sample selection, and population
		estimation tailored to natural resource management. Probability
		methods include simple random sampling, stratified sampling,
		systematic sampling, cluster sampling, and probability-
		proportional-to-size sampling. Non-probability methods include
		convenience, judgement-based, and quota sampling. Estimation
		functions cover means, totals, ratio estimators, regression
		estimators, and the unequal-probability estimator of Horvitz
		and Thompson (1952, doi:10.2307/2280784) for unequal-
		probability designs. Utilities support biomass, soil-loss, and
		carbon-stock estimation from field plots. Spatial extensions
		provide random, systematic, stratified, and raster-weighted
		sampling within geographic polygons using the 'sf' and 'terra'
		packages, with extraction of remote-sensing covariates at
		sample locations. Applications include forest inventory, soil
		erosion monitoring, watershed studies, and ecological field
		surveys.
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