On the use of stationary versus hidden Markov models to detect simple versus complex ecological dynamics

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 185, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 177-193

  Tucker, Brian C ^a   Anand, Madhur ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Akaike's Information Criteria; Bayesian Information Criteria; Ecological processes; Hidden Markov; Hidden state sequence; Log likelihood; Species response; Stationary Markov

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; MARKOV PROCESSES;

COMPLEX DYNAMICS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL (HMM); STATIONARY MARKOV MODEL (SMM);

ECOLOGY;

COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; MARKOV CHAIN; SUCCESSION;

EID: 17644421875     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.11.021     Document Type: Article

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