Randomized intervention analysis for detecting non-random change and management impact: Dragonfly examples

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 535-539

  Bried, Jason T ^a,b   Ervin, Gary N ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

BACI; Mowing; Natural experiment; Odonata; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOLOGY;

BACI; BEFORE-AFTER CONTROL IMPACTS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; INTERVENTION ANALYSIS; MOWING; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; ODONATA; USER-FRIENDLY-SOFTWARE;

VEGETATION;

DETECTION METHOD; DRAGONFLY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOWING; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ODONATA;

EID: 79954425945     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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