Monte Carlo analysis of parameter uncertainty in matrix models for the weed Cirsium vulgare

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 438-447

  Tenhumberg, Brigitte ^a,b,c   Louda, Svata M ^a   Eckberg, James O ^a   Takahashi, Masaru ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull thistle; Floral herbivory; Partial rank correlation analysis; Plant population dynamics; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODEL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION GROWTH; WEED;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM VULGARE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 40949085692     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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