• Title of article

    Inferring extinction from a sighting record

  • Author/Authors

    Solow، نويسنده , , Andrew R.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2005
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    47
  • To page
    55
  • Abstract
    The extinctions of plant and animal species are almost never observed directly, but must be inferred from sighting records. This paper reviews some methods for statistical inference about the extinction of a single species based on a record of its sightings.
  • Keywords
    Truncated distribution , Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis) , Poisson process , Extreme value statistics
  • Journal title
    Mathematical Biosciences
  • Serial Year
    2005
  • Journal title
    Mathematical Biosciences
  • Record number

    1588856