Describing size-related mortality and size distribution by nonparametric estimation and model selection using the Akaike Bayesian Information Criterion

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-297

  Shimatani, Kenichiro ^a   Kawarasaki, Satoko ^b   Manabe, Tohru ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c Kitakyushu Museum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Akaike Bayesian Information Criterion; Akaike Information Criterion; Diameter at breast height; Evergreen forest; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVERGREEN FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; MODELING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SIZE EFFECT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 40349103563     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0375-y     Document Type: Article

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