Successful by chance? The power of mixed models and neutral simulations for the detection of individual fixed heterogeneity in fitness components

American Naturalist

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 60-74

  Bonnet, Timothée ^a   Postma, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chionomys nivalis; Generalized linear mixed model; Individual based model; Simulations; Snow vole; Statistical power

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROGENEITY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LINEAR PROGRAMING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RODENT; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

CHIONOMYS NIVALIS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84951299712     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/684158     Document Type: Article

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