Efficient data collection for estimating growth rates of structured populations

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1762-1767

  Gross, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficient sample composition; Eigenvalue; Estimation; Intrinsic rate of increase; Matrix models; Population multiplication rate; Precision; Sampling variability; Transition table

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATRIX; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; TAGGING;

EID: 0038138021     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1762:EDCFEG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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