Partially specified ecological models

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-25

  Wood, S N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Delay differential equation; Ecological dynamic model fitting; Multiple smoothing parameter; Nonlinear spline model; Partially specified model; Population dynamic model fitting; Semimechanistic model; Semiparametric model

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035125277     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2001)071[0001:PSEM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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