Analysis of frequency count data using the negative binomial distribution

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2549-2557

  White, Gary C ^a   Bennetts, Robert E ^a,b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Akaike's Information Criteria; Counts, statistical distribution; Negative binomial; Poisson

Indexed keywords

VERMIVORA CELATA;

FREQUENCY COUNT DATA; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER;

EID: 0030422412     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265753     Document Type: Article

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