Inferring extinction from a sighting record

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-55

  Solow, Andrew R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis); Extreme value statistics; Poisson process; Truncated distribution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANIMAL SPECIES; EXTINCTIONS; SIGHTING RECORDS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EXTINCTION;

NONHUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; SEAL; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; MONACHUS TROPICALIS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 19444364320     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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