The estimation of density dependence using census data from several sites

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 466-473

  Langton, Steve D ^a,c   Aebischer, N J ^b   Robertson, P A ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFRA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gompertz model; Maximum likelihood; REML

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS;

ALECTORIS RUFA; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 0036942410     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1018-1     Document Type: Article

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