Is it scientific that i am going to divide my sampling for collection of fresh faecal samples of domestic and wild ungulates from a hirpira wildlife Sanctuary into two spells first the livestock grazing period during which only faecal samples of sheep and goat are collected as their are 70000sheep and goat grazing during a period of five months. Once they leave the wildlife Sanctuary then the wild ungulates whi number is at bring hardly 30 individual s of markhor and musk deer which become unassible during this time and it is quite difficult to differentiate the faecal samples during grazing of live stock as thier are heaps of faecal pallets of domestic livestock. But once the live stock is taken out of the wls the wild ungulates became accessible and during that time I am able to get fresh faecal samples of wild ungulates with out having any confusion as the wildlife Sanctuary during this period harbours only wild ungulates and becomes easy to differentiate the fresh dropings of wild animals at that time
Hi Rouf,
your sampling regime is fine. You only have to apply the appropriate statistical tests to tease apart the temporal and geophysical differences. Good luck, RY
Yes, you just need to account for bias caused by differences in sample sizes or methodology :)
Jhon sir actually during the summer months the sanctuary has very much occupied by sheep and goat. I can say not heaps but just the mating of fracal matter all arround and it is not possible to differentiate individual faecal samples when 70000 sheep and goat are grazing their.
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