Cost-effective variable selection in habitat surveys

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 388-396

  Braun, Douglas C ^a   Reynolds, John D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cost effectiveness; Diminishing returns; Efficiency; Monitoring; Multicollinearity; Survey design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867355162     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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