Variance decomposition in two-stage plot sampling: Theoretical and empirical results

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 385-396

  Fattorini, L ^a   Pisani, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental sampling; Simulation studies; Two stage strategies

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; SAMPLING; SIMULATION;

EID: 9144248466     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-004-4185-x     Document Type: Article

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