Unravelling the dynamics of organisms in a changing world using ecological modelling

Ecological Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 495-507

  Amano, Tatsuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour based models; Generalised linear additive models; Hierarchical models; Macroecology; Phylogenetic generalised least squares models

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MACROECOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 84861343107     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-012-0928-6     Document Type: Article

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