Ecological MethodologyEcological Methodology, Second Edition provides a balance of material on animal and plant populations, and teaches students of ecology how to design efficient tests in order to obtain maximum precision with minimal work. |
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... frequency distribution of the number of animals caught once in a series of samples , the number caught twice , etc. Box 2.4 gives some sample data . To calculate the expected frequency distribution - expected on the basis of the null ...
... frequency distribution of the number of animals caught once in a series of samples , the number caught twice , etc. Box 2.4 gives some sample data . To calculate the expected frequency distribution - expected on the basis of the null ...
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... frequency distribution of captures , and the missing zero - class represents the unknown number of individuals that ... Distribution Negative Binomial Distribution Frequency o ŏ a 200 10 15 O ? 0 2 4 6 8 Number of captures ( a ) 10 ...
... frequency distribution of captures , and the missing zero - class represents the unknown number of individuals that ... Distribution Negative Binomial Distribution Frequency o ŏ a 200 10 15 O ? 0 2 4 6 8 Number of captures ( a ) 10 ...
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... Distribution : ( a ) In statistics , a mathematical frequency distribution that defines the frequency of counts in quadrats of a given size ( see Figure 3.4 ) . In this book distribution will always mean a statistical frequency distri ...
... Distribution : ( a ) In statistics , a mathematical frequency distribution that defines the frequency of counts in quadrats of a given size ( see Figure 3.4 ) . In this book distribution will always mean a statistical frequency distri ...
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abundance aphids Appendix assumptions bias calculations capture Caughley census zone Chapter chi-square clumped coefficient of variation confidence interval confidence limits defined density estimate distance ecological ecologists END-OF-FILE Enter equal catchability equation estimate of population estimate population example Figure finite population FORMAT 2X formula frequency distribution index of dispersion line transect mark-recapture marked animals method n₁ nearest neighbor negative binomial distribution niche breadth niche overlap normal distribution null hypothesis Number of animals Number of individuals number of quadrats number of samples number of species observed obtained parameters Petersen plot Poisson distribution population density population estimate problem Program proportion quadrat counts random points random sampling ratio READ recaptures regression sample size sample sizes sampling unit Schnabel Seber second sample simple random sampling spatial pattern standard error statistical statistical population stratum study area survival rate Table techniques Total number transformation variable variance