Bayesian change-point analyses in ecology

New Phytologist

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 456-467

  Beckage, Brian ^a   Joseph, Lawrence ^b   Belisle, Patrick ^b   Wolfson, David B ^c   Platt, William J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bayesian; Canopy gaps; Change point; Climate change; Pinus palustris; Recruitment; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AUTOCORRELATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CANOPY GAP; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH FORM; LIFE HISTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOLOGY; RECRUITMENT; THRESHOLD; UNDERSTORY;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEEDLING; TREE;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOMETRY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEEDLING; TREES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 33947415659     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.01991.x     Document Type: Article

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