From patterns to processes and back: Analysing density-dependent responses to an abiotic stressor by statistical and mechanistic modelling

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1577, 2005, Pages 2133-2142

  Moe, S Jannicke ^a,b   Kristoffersen, Anja B ^b   Smith, Robert H ^c   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density toxicant interaction; Generalized additive modelling; Non parametric modelling; Stage specific density dependence; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; TOXIN;

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ABIOTIC STRESSOR; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOWFLY; COMPENSATORY RESPONSE; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENT RESPONSE; DENSITY INDEPENDENT RESPONSE; DENSITY TOXICANT INTERACTION; FLY; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODELLING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; LUCILIA SERICATA; MECHANISTIC MODEL; NONHUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC MODELLING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAGE SPECIFIC DENSITY DEPENDENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

LUCILIA SERICATA;

EID: 26944496781     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3184     Document Type: Article

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