On the analysis of monitoring data: Testing for no trend in population size

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-163

  Schmidt, Benedikt R ^a,b   Meyer, Andrea H ^c  

^a KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Management; Monitoring; Orchid; Population stability; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; MONITORING SYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 54949092399     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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