Statistical problems encountered in trapping studies of scolytids and associated insects

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1575-1590

  Reeve, John D ^a   Strom, Brian L ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

blank treatment; experimentwise error rate; homogeneity of variances; multiple comparisons; pheromone; Scolytidae; semiochemical

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; INSECT; SEMIOCHEMICAL; TRAPPING;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANIMAL TRAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; INSECT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DATA COLLECTION; INSECT CONTROL; LITERATURE; PHEROMONES; STATISTICS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 4644372685     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000042069.17533.3c     Document Type: Review

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