On approximating the moments of the equilibrium distribution of a stochastic logistic model

Biometrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 980-991

  Matis, James H ^a   Kiffe, Thomas R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africanized honey bee; Birth death process; Carrying capacity; Population growth model; Verhulst Pearl model

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AFRICANIZED HONEY BEE; BIRTH-DEATH PROCESS; CARRYING CAPACITY; DETERMINISTICS; EQUILIBRIUM DISTRIBUTIONS; HONEY BEE; LOGISTIC EQUATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH MODELS; STOCHASTIC LOGISTIC MODEL; VERHULST-PEARL MODEL;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; HONEYBEE; POPULATION GROWTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; VARIANCE;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0029839711     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533059     Document Type: Article

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