Sampling effort, regression method, and the shape and slope of size-abundance relations

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 795-804

  Griffiths, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Linear or triangular relationships; Ordinary least squares regression; Reduced major axis method; Sampling artefacts

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

EID: 0031686914     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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