Progressive bias in species status is symptomatic of fine-grained mapping units subject to repeated sampling

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 483-494

  Dennis, Roger L H ^a,b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biassed status; Fine grained mapping; Lepidoptera; Recording bias; Vagrants

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION STATUS; MAPPING;

EID: 0035013374     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016602309983     Document Type: Article

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