Detecting trends in raptor counts: PowerType i error rates of various statistical tests

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 505-515

  Halfield, Jeff S ^a   Gould IV, William R ^b   Hoover, Brett A ^c   Fuller, Mark R ^d   Lindquist, Edward L ^e  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Superior National Forest   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d National Biological Service   (United States)

^e National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Bald eagle; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Raptor; Serial correlation; Statistical power analysis; Survey; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

BALD EAGLE; ERROR RATE; POWER ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL TEST;

USA, MICHIGAN; USA, MINNESOTA; USA, WISCONSIN;

HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0029660525     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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