A general theory of the sampling process with applications to the 'veil line'

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 294-302

  Dewdney, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MODELING; SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032421795     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1997.1370     Document Type: Article

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