Calculating the probability of absence using the credible interval value

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-190

  McBride, Graham B ^a   Johnstone, Peter ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Absence; Detection; Disease; Pests; Probability

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PEST SPECIES; SAMPLING;

EID: 79957720805     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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