Comparing isotopic niche widths among and within communities: SIBER - Stable Isotope Bayesian Ellipses in R

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 595-602

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

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bayesian Inference; Community ecology; R statistics program; Statistical methods; Trophic niche width

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE;

BAYES THEOREM; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 79953307874     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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