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Tables for the analysis of selective predation experiments

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This paper discusses the analysis of selective predation experiments with two types of prey when the prey are not replaced after they have been removed by the predators. In an earlier paper (Manly et al., 1972) consideration was given to situations where the replication of experiments allows the estimation of standard errors from the experimental results; in the present paper a table of standard errors is given for a large range of experiments and replication is therefore no longer necessary. The standard errors were calculated on an electronic computer by solving the exact equations given in the earlier paper.

The suggested method of analysis is illustrated using some data where the prey were red and yellow artificial ‘maggots’ and the predators were garden birds.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Papua and New Guinea, P. O. Box 1144, Boroko, Papua, New Guinea

    B. F. J. Manly

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Manly, B.F.J. Tables for the analysis of selective predation experiments. Res Popul Ecol 14, 74–81 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02511186

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