Bias in quadrat-derived estimates of number of prairie wetlands

Wetlands

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 329-334

  Johnson, Rex R ^a,b   Higgins, Kenneth F ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRAIRIE; SAMPLING; WETLAND;

EID: 0032417812     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161528     Document Type: Article

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