A Method for the Estimation of Parameters for Natural Stage-Structured Populations

Researches on Population Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-111

  Manly, Bryan F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Maximum likelihood; Stage frequency data; Stage structure; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001533728     PISSN: 00345466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02765255     Document Type: Article

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