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Table IV-2. The declining-trend threshold abundance required both to maintain at least 1,500 individuals (the abundance threshold) and to be able to detect a 10%/yr decline for different levels of precision [expressed as coefficients of variation (CV) in abundance (N)] and at different levels of significance
CV
Significance Level for Type I (a) and Type II (ß) Errors
a = ß = 0.005
a = ß = 0.25
Number of
Annual
Surveys
to Detect
r = -0.1
Initial N
to End
at 1,500
Number of
Quadrennial
Surveys
to Detect
r = -0.1
Initial N
to End
at 1,500
Number of
Annual
Surveys
to Detect
r = -0.1
Initial N
to End
at 1,500
Number of
Quadrennial
Surveys
to Detect
r = -0.1
Initial N
to End
at 1,500
0.1
  6
  2,733
12
    4,980
  3
2,025
  8
3,338
0.2
10
  4,077
16
    7,430
  4
2,238
12
4,980
0.3
13
  5,504
20
  11,084
  6
2,733
12
4,980
0.4
16
  7,429
24
  16,535
  8
3,338
12
4,980
0.5
19
10,029
32
  36,799
  9
3,689
12
4,980
0.6
22
13,538
36
  54,897
10
4,077
16
7,429
0.7
23
14,961
40
  81,897
11
4,506
16
7,429
0.8
25
18,273
44
122,176
12
4,980
16
7,429

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