Incorrect Likelihood Methods Were Used to Infer Scaling Laws of Marine Predator Search Behaviour
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Incorrect Likelihood Methods Were Used to Infer Scaling Laws of Marine Predator Search Behaviour
BACKGROUND Ecologists are collecting extensive data concerning movements of animals in marine ecosystems. Such data need to be analysed with valid statistical methods to yield meaningful conclusions. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We demonstrate methodological issues in two recent studies that reached similar conclusions concerning movements of marine animals (Nature 451:1098; Science 332:1551). The firs...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045174