Time series modelling and trophic interactions: Rainfall, vegetation and ungulate dynamics

Population Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 287-296

  Månsson, Lena ^a   Ripa, Jörgen ^a   Lundberg, Per ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Kalman filter; Mechanistic model; Population dynamics; Time series data

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; KALMAN FILTER; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAINFALL; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; UNGULATE;

UNGULATA;

EID: 34548690143     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-007-0053-5     Document Type: Article

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