Resolving the departures of observed results from the Ideal Free Distribution with simple random movements

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 612-622

  Jackson, A L ^a   Humphries, S ^a,b   Ruxton, G D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual based model; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Unequal competitors

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; MARKOV CHAIN; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3142695068     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00832.x     Document Type: Article

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