Statistical estimation and model selection of species-accumulation functions

Conservation Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 569-573

  Díaz Francés, Eloísa ^a   Soberón, Jorge ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATEMÁTICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Model comparison; Pure birth process

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 16244368791     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2005.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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