Post-Hoc Pattern-Oriented Testing and Tuning of an Existing Large Model: Lessons from the Field Vole

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Topping, Christopher J ^a   Dalkvist, Trine ^a,b   Grimm, Volker ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SEX RATIO; SIMULATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

MICROTUS AGRESTIS;

EID: 84866695359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045872     Document Type: Article

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