Goodness-of-fit of integrated population models using calibrated simulation

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1373-1382

  Besbeas, Panagiotis ^a,b   Morgan, Byron J T ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymptotic normality; Discrepancy measure; Goodness of fit; Herons; Integrated population modelling; Kernel density estimation; Lapwings

Indexed keywords

ARDEIDAE; VANELLUS;

EID: 84916882232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12279     Document Type: Article

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