Open AccessAPPLICATION OF THE INFLATED POISSON DISTRIBUTION TO EGGS PER FLORET OF CLOVER SEED MOTH COLEOPHORA ALCYONIPENNELLA KOLLAR
Author(s) -
Grassia A.,
Hardy R. J.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1970.tb00784.x
Subject(s) - biology , poisson distribution , negative binomial distribution , agronomy , distribution (mathematics) , statistics , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Some properties of the Inflated Poisson distribution are discussed and the types of problems to which it could be usefully employed are outlined. The distribution is fitted to data on the number of eggs per floret of the clover seed moth, Coleophora alycyonipennella Kollar and shown to give a better fit than the simple Poisson and the Negative Binomial distributions based on x 2 values from data for the period of greatest vegetative growth in the early summer of 1966–1967.