Stochastic modelling of the invasion process of nematodes in fly larvae

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-37

  Faddy, M J ^a,c   Fenlon, J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Distribution of number of invasions; Extrabinomial variation; Markov birth processes; Non linear birth rates; Parasite invasion process

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033475358     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9876.00137     Document Type: Article

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