Bayesian inference for the spatio-temporal invasion of alien species

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2005-2025

  Cook, Alex ^a   Marion, Glenn ^b   Butler, Adam ^b   Gibson, Gavin ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Ecological invasions; Landscape covariates; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Stochastic process

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; HERACLEUM; MATHEMATICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GREAT BRITAIN; HERACLEUM; MARKOV CHAINS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS;

HERACLEUM; HERACLEUM MANTEGAZZIANUM;

EID: 34547661921     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-007-9202-4     Document Type: Article

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