Stochastic juvenile-adult models with application to a green tree frog population

Journal of Biological Dynamics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-83

  Ackleh, Azmy S ^a   Deng, Keng ^a   Huang, Qihua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structured juveniles; Green tree frog; Individual based model; Markov chain model; Size structured adults; Stochastic differential equations; Stochastic partial differential equations

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; RANIDAE; STATISTICS; TIME; TREE;

AGING; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LARVA; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANIDAE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

ANURA; HYLA CINEREA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 79955381556     PISSN: 17513758     EISSN: 17513766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513758.2010.498924     Document Type: Article

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