Drawbacks of complex models in frequentist and Bayesian approaches to natural-resource management

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 198-205

  Adkison, Milo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian decision analysis; Harvest models; Maximum likelihood; Modeling a semelparous species; Natural resource management; Optimal model complexity; Ricker model equations

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DECISION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; EQUATION; HARVESTING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMON;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; FISHERIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SALMON;

EID: 63849289224     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1641.1     Document Type: Article

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