Effects of weather and climate on the dynamics of animal population time series

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1708, 2011, Pages 985-992

  Knape, Jonas ^a   de Valpine, Perry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; NAO; Population dynamics; Prediction; Time series; Weather

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION METHOD; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TIME SERIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLIMATE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INSECT; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLIMATE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; INSECTS; MAMMALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WEATHER;

EID: 79958257125     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1333     Document Type: Article

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