Performance of sampling strategies in the presence of known spatial patterns

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 361-370

  Alexander, Colin J ^a   Holland, John M ^b   Winder, Linton ^c   Woolley, Chris ^c   Perry, Joe N ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Crop scouting; Estimation; Monitoring; Precision; Sampling; Simulation; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

SAMPLING;

APHIDIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 19544386266     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2005.040129.x     Document Type: Article

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