Density-dependent state-space model for population-abundance data with unequal time intervals

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2069-2076

  Dennis, Brian ^a   Ponciano, Josémiguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Diffusion process; Gompertz model; Lognormal distribution; Meanreverting process; Ornstein Uhlenbeck process; State space model; Stationary distribution; Stochastic differential equation; Stochastic population model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAELIFERA; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; LYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSHOPPERS; LYNX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84905647607     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-1486.1     Document Type: Article

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