Altered selection probabilities caused by avoiding the edge in field surveys

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-47

  Gregoire, Timothy G ^a   Scott, Charles T ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary bias; Ecological investigations; Inclusion area; Plots; Pullback method; Quadrats

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; FIELD SURVEY; SAMPLING;

PISONIA ACULEATA;

EID: 4644371787     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/1085711031247     Document Type: Article

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