Statistical power for detecting trends with applications to seabird monitoring

Biological Conservation

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-329

  Hatch, Scott A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Biological significance; Components of variance; Computer software; Exponential models; Linear regression; Pseudoreplication; Seabird monitoring; Statistical power; Study design; Time series; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037409996     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00301-4     Document Type: Article

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