Binomial count analysis based on the spatial distribution and population density estimation of cotton aphids1)

Insect Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-73

  Zhang, Guangmei ^a,b   Shen, Zuorui ^a   Zhao, Zhonghua ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aphis gossypii; Binomial sampling; Tally threshold; Taylor's power law

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249096478     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.1998.tb00299.x     Document Type: Article

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