Spatial factors affecting statistical power in testing marine fauna displacement

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2756-2769

  Perez Lapena B ^a   Wijnberg, K M ^a   Stein, A ^b   Hulscher, S J M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Offshore wind energy; Precautionary principle; Seabirds; Spatial simulation; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOSTATISTICS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INVESTMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEABIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WIND FARM; WIND POWER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 80053943337     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1887.1     Document Type: Article

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