Improving precision and reducing bias in biological surveys: Estimating false-negative error rates

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1790-1801

  Tyre, Andrew J ^a,e   Tenhumberg, Brigitte ^a   Field, Scott A ^a,b   Niejalke, Darren ^c   Parris, Kirsten ^d   Possingham, Hugh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological surveys; False negative errors; Habitat effects; Presence absence data; Zero inflated binomial (ZIB) model

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ERROR ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING BIAS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EID: 1642359289     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5078     Document Type: Review

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