Regression modelling of correlated data in ecology: Subject-specific and population averaged response patterns

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1018-1025

  Fieberg, John ^a   Rieger, Randall H ^b   Zicus, Michael C ^a   Schildcrout, Jonathan S ^c  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional model; Generalized estimating equations; Generalized linear mixed models; Marginal model; Mixed effects; Random effects; Sandwich estimators

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EQUATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 70349682578     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01692.x     Document Type: Article

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