Bayesian estimation of a demographic matrix model from stage-frequency data

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3285-3298

  Gross, Kevin ^a   Craig, Bruce A ^b   Hutchison, William D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphon pisum; Bayesian statistics; Demographic matrix models; Estimation; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Pea aphid; Population dynamics; Stage frequency data

Indexed keywords

APHID; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HOMOPTERA; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0038814770     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3285:BEOADM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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