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Biometrics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 936-939

  Link, William A ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOTE; POPULATION SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

EID: 33748797932     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2006.00637_2.x     Document Type: Note

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