Using statistical probability to increase confidence of inferring species extinction

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1283-1285

  Reed, J Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 0029825706     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10041283.x     Document Type: Article

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