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Effects of Sample Size on Estimates of Population Growth Rates Calculated with Matrix Models

BACKGROUND: Matrix models are widely used to study the dynamics and demography of populations. An important but overlooked issue is how the number of individuals sampled influences estimates of the population growth rate (λ) calculated with matrix models. Even unbiased estimates of vital rates do no...

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Autores principales: Fiske, Ian J., Bruna, Emilio M., Bolker, Benjamin M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2518208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18769483
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003080