Modelling the abundance of rare species: Statistical models for counts with extra zeros

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 297-308

  Welsh, A H ^a   Cunningham, R B ^a   Donnelly, C F ^a   Lindenmayer, D B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundance models; Density, population; Model comparison; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

AUSTRALIA;

GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI;

EID: 0030515629     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00113-1     Document Type: Article

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