A Bayesian framework for stable isotope mixing models

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 377-397

  Erhardt, Erik B ^a   Bedrick, Edward J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal ecology; Basic mixing model; MCMC; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DIET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE USE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84881614601     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-012-0224-1     Document Type: Article

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