Hierarchical Bayesian estimation of the population viability of an epixylic moss

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 499-507

  Ruete, Alejandro ^a   Wiklund, Karin ^b   Snäll, Tord ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b County Administration Office in Uppsala ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Climate; Environmental stochasticity; Hierarchical Bayesian model; Plant population and community dynamics; Plant climate interactions; Population viability; Stochastic growth rate; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEAD WOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MOSS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; BUXBAUMIA VIRIDIS;

EID: 84856882109     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01887.x     Document Type: Article

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