Understanding and predicting the effects of sparse data on demographic analyses

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1154-1163

  Doak, Daniel F ^a   Gross, Kevin ^b   Morris, William F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Covariance; Demography; Matrix; Rarity; Stochasticity; Variability; Viability

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; RARITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 18444369057     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0611     Document Type: Article

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