Sampling error in measuring temporal density variability in animal populations and communities

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-57

  Mönkkönen, Mikko ^a   Aspi, Jouni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

POPULATION ESTIMATION; SAMPLING VARIANCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0345266617     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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