Simulations to assess the performance of different rarefaction methods in estimating population size using small datasets

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-318

  Frantz, Alain C ^a,b,c   Roper, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faecal DNA; Non invasive genotyping; Remote censusing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; POPULATION SIZE;

EID: 33745034535     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9125-x     Document Type: Article

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