From meso- to macroscale population dynamics: A new density-structured approach

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-302

  Queenborough, Simon A ^a,d   Burnet, Kirsty M ^a   Sutherland, William J ^b   Watkinson, Andrew R ^c   Freckleton, Robert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Modelling; Observation error; Population ecology; Sampling; Surveys; Transition rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650878963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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