A spectral and Bayesian approach for analysis of fluctuations and synchrony in ecological datasets

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1019-1027

  Lindström, Tom ^a,b   Sisson, Scott A ^c   Håkansson, Nina ^d   Bergman, Karl Olof ^a   Wennergren, Uno ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

1 f noise; Co fluctuation; Environmental fluctuations; Flicker noise; Hierarchical Bayesian modelling; Periodogram

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 84871018105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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