Is statistical power to detect trends a good assessment of population monitoring?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 187-191

  Seavy, Nathaniel E ^a   Reynolds, Michelle H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological significance; Indicator species; Monitoring standards; Phaethon rubricauda; Red tailed Tropicbird; Sampling design; Seabird conservation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMONITORING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DESIGN; POPULATION MODELING; SEABIRD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TERN ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

PHAETHON RUBRICAUDA; PHAETHONTIDAE;

EID: 35148880381     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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