The excess-zero problem in soil animal count data and choice of appropriate models for statistical inference

Pedobiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-17

  Sileshi, Gudeta ^a  

^a CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Information measures; Negative binomial distribution; Poisson; Zero inflation

Indexed keywords

ANT; BEETLE; HABITAT TYPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POISSON RATIO; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERMITE;

ANIMALIA; CHILOPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA;

EID: 44649202135     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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