JSM 2004 - Toronto

Abstract #300229

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Activity Number: 94
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Monday, August 9, 2004 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistics and the Environment
Abstract - #300229
Title: Optimal Search for Undiscovered Fossil Species
Author(s): Woollcott Smith*+
Companies: Temple University
Address: , , ,
Keywords: species diversity ; cluster sampling ; survey design
Abstract:

Observed distributions of fossil finds and the observed diversity of fossil species within taxonomic groups can be used to design surveys aimed at increasing the expected number of new species found. This unusual design problem is addressed using classical stochastic models of species diversity and cluster sampling.

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