title: Inferring extinction from a sighting record.
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.
authors.affiliation: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA. asolow@whoi.edu
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Solow
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000254:growth & development*; D017691:Caribbean Region; D015233:Models, Statistical; D063245:Plant Development; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011996:Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000254:growth & development; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013997:Time Factors