Goodness of fit of probability distributions for sightings as species approach extinction

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 701-719

  Vogel, Richard M ^a   Hosking, Jonathan R M ^b   Elphick, Chris S ^c   Roberts, David L ^d,e   Reed, J Michael ^f  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological records; Extinct birds; Extirpation; Field significance test; L moments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

AVES;

EID: 62149125178     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-008-9377-3     Document Type: Article

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