Estimating von Bertalanffy parameters with individual and environmental variations in growth

Journal of Biological Dynamics

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL.2, 2012, Pages 3-30

  Shelton, Andrew O ^a   Mangel, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867280768     PISSN: 17513758     EISSN: 17513766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17513758.2012.697195     Document Type: Article

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