Fitting population models from field data
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Abstract
The application of population and community ecology to solving real-world problems requires population and community dynamics models that reflect the myriad patterns of interaction among organisms and between the biotic and physical environments. Appropriate models are not hard to construct, but the experimental manipulations needed to evaluate their defining coefficients are often both time consuming and costly, and sometimes environmentally destructive, as well. In this paper we present an empirical approach for finding the coefficients of broadly inclusive models without the need for environmental manipulation, demonstrate the approach with both an animal and a plant example, and suggest possible applications. Software has been developed, and is available from the senior author, with a manual describing both field and analytic procedures.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Fitting population models from field data |
| Series title | Ecological Modelling |
| DOI | 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00390-3 |
| Volume | 162 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Year Published | 2003 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Fisheries Research Center |
| Description | 25 p. |
| First page | 119 |
| Last page | 143 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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