Raccoon ecology database: A resource for population dynamics modelling and meta-analysis

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-96

  Rees, Erin E ^a   Pond, Bruce A ^b   Phillips, Julia R ^a   Murray, Dennis ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data warehouse; Ecological database; Meta analysis; Meta data; Relational data management system

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DATABASE; DESIGN; INCUBATION; MAMMAL; META-ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SURVIVAL;

PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 41049090770     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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