Sampling plan using grade of infestation to estimate population density

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 149-156

  Yamamura, Kohji ^a   Nemoto, Hisashi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Saitama Prefecture Agriculture and Forestry Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bias; Homoscedasticity; Mean square error; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038392968     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2003.149     Document Type: Article

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