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Diagnosing the uncertainty of taxa relative abundances derived from count data

Date

Authors

Heslop, David

De Schepper, Stijn

Proske, Ulrike

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

When working with micropaleontological assemblage data it is necessary to accept that the true population can never be quantified fully. Thus, the investigator must count individuals in the hope of obtaining a representative sample and then determine the

Keywords

Keywords: data set; diversity index; index method; micropaleontology; paleoenvironment; relative abundance; species diversity; taxonomy; uncertainty analysis Assemblage data; Confidence region; Diversity index; Multinomial distribution; Relative abundance; Taxa

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/51615

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Marine Micropaleontology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.marmicro.2011.01.007

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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