Variance of size-age curves: Bootstrapping with autocorrelation

Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2114-2117

  Bullock, Stephen H ^a   Turner, Raymond M ^b   Hastings, J Rodney ^b   Escoto Rodríguez, Martín ^c   López, Zaira Ramírez Apud ^c   Rodrígues Navarro, José Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Age size relations; Fouquieria; Growth; Population structure; Serial autocorrelation; Simulation models; Uncertainty estimation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AUTOCORRELATION; BOOTSTRAPPING; GROWTH; SIZE;

FOUQUIERIA;

EID: 8144220493     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-3115     Document Type: Article

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