Unifying error structures in commonly used biotracer mixing models

Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2562-2569

  Stock, Brian C ^a   Semmens, Brice X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Biotracers; Fatty acid; Mixing model; MixSIR; SIAR; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA;

ISOTOPE; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; DIET; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DIET; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

EID: 84988638022     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1517     Document Type: Article

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