An overview of the utility of population simulation software in molecular ecology

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2383-2401

  Hoban, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate Bayesian Computation; ex situ management; in situ; landscape; molecular markers; natural history; population dynamics; prediction

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE BAYESIAN COMPUTATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; EX SITU MANAGEMENT; HISTORY; IN SITU; LANDSCAPE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR MARKERS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION; STATISTICS;

APPROXIMATE BAYESIAN COMPUTATION; EX SITU MANAGEMENT; IN SITU; LANDSCAPE; MOLECULAR MARKERS; NATURAL HISTORY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; GENETICS, POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOFTWARE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84900814357     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12741     Document Type: Article

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