Sensitivity analysis of Markov models for communities of competing sessile organisms

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1024-1033

  Spencer, Matthew ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Interspecific interactions; Marine communities; Stationary distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; COMPENSATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MARKOV CHAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SESSILE SPECIES; STOCHASTICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PROBABILITY; SEA; TIME;

ECOSYSTEM; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748490067     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01124.x     Document Type: Article

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