Erroneous behaviour of MixSIR, a recently published Bayesian isotope mixing model: A discussion of Moore & Semmens (2008)

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages E1-E5

  Jackson, Andrew L ^a   Inger, Richard ^b   Bearhop, Stuart ^b   Parnell, Andrew ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Model; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MODELING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 60649121605     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01233.x     Document Type: Article

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