A modified model for projecting age-structured populations in random environments

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-41

  Runge, Michael C ^a   Moen, Aaron N ^a  

^a Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental stochasticity; Parameter estimation; Short term projection; Simulation; Stochastic population model; Structured population model; Vital rate distribution

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; GROWTH RATE; PARAMETER; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILITY; FORECASTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031750511     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(98)10002-0     Document Type: Article

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