Population estimation with sparse data: The role of estimators versus indices revisited

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1754-1765

  McKelvey, K S ^a   Pearson, D E ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

SPARSE DATA;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

INDEX METHOD; MAMMAL; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035654527     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z01-139     Document Type: Article

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