Implications of network particle tracking (NPT) for ecological model interpretation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1904-1912

  Tollner, E W ^a   Schramski, J R ^a   Kazanci, C ^a   Patten, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compartment models; Ecological networks; Input output analysis; Network environ analysis (NEA); Particle passports; Particle tracking analysis (PTA); Stochastic differential equations

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENT MODELS; ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; NETWORK ENVIRON ANALYSIS (NEA); PARTICLE PASSPORTS; PARTICLE TRACKING ANALYSIS (PTA); STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MODEL TEST; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 67649183334     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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