Fitting population dynamic models to time-series data by gradient matching

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2256-2270

  Ellner, Stephen P ^a,d   Seifu, Yodit ^a,b,e   Smith, Robert H ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blowflies; Gradient matching; Lucilia cuprina; Lucilia sericata; Model fitting; Partially specified models; Population dynamics; Semimechanistic models; Semiparametric models; Stage structured models

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; TIME SERIES;

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA; SERICATA;

EID: 0037800363     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2256:FPDMTT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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