Introducing data-model assimilation to students of ecology

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1537-1545

  Hobbs, N Thompson ^a   Ogle, Kiona ^b,c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Data model assimilation; Ecological modeling; Ecological theory; Ecology curriculum; Hierarchical modeling; Mathematical ecology; Pedagogy; Statistical ecology

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; DATA ASSIMILATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; ECOLOGY; EDUCATION; FORECASTING; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOLOGY; FORECASTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 79960348598     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1576.1     Document Type: Article

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