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Ordered categorical (or semi-quantitative) data are frequently encountered in ecology (e.g., Steen et al. 1990; Ménard et al. 1993). Researchers often resort to semi-quantitative measures (to describe abundance patterns, age or stage structures, environmental factors, etc.) to reduce processing time and/or because of financial constraints, while retaining an acceptable level of accuracy.
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Stockwell, J.D. et al. (1995). Detecting Periodicity in Quantitative versus Semi-Quantitative Time Series. In: Powell, T.M., Steele, J.H. (eds) Ecological Time Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1769-6_8
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