Estimating parameters for birth-death-migration models from spatio-temporal abundance data: Case of muskrat spread in the Netherlands

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-59

  Matis, James H ^a   Kiffe, Thomas R ^a   Hengeveld, Rob ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Compartmental models; Markov process; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; RANGE EXPANSION;

NETHERLANDS;

ONDATRA ZIBETHICA;

EID: 0030463804     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1400559     Document Type: Article

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