Nonlinearity of a Generic Variance-Mean Equation for Stored-Grain Insect Sampling Data

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1213-1223

  Hagstrum, David W ^a   Subramanyam, Bh ^a,b   Flinn, P W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Precision of estimates; Probe trap; Sampling statistics; Sticky trap; Stored product; Variance mean equation

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0242486726     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.6.1213     Document Type: Article

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