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Provides clear guidance on how to estimate parameters for models of animal populations. Concentrates on how to select the best approach to parameter estimation for a particular problem, and how to ensure that the quantity estimate is the appropriate one for the specific purpose of the modelling exercise. Softcover.
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M E THODS I N E C O L O G Y Population Parameters: Estimation for Ecological Models H AM ISH McCAL LUM Department of Zoology and Entomology and Centre for Conservation Biology University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia POPULATION PARAMETERS: ESTIMATION FOR ECOLOGICAL MODELS METHODS I N E C OLO G Y Series Editors J.H. LAWTON F RS Imperial College at Silwood Park Ascot, UK G.E. LIKENS Institute of Ecosystem Studies Millbrook, USA M E THODS I N E C O L O G Y Population Parameters: Estimation for Ecological Models H AM ISH McCAL LUM Department of Zoology and Entomology and Centre for Conservation Biology University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia © 2000 by Blackwell Science Ltd Editorial Offices: Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0EL 25 John Street, London WC1N 2BL 23 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh EH3 6AJ 350 Main Street, Malden MA 02148 5018, USA 54 University Street, Carlton Victoria 3053, Australia 10, rue Casimir Delavigne 75006 Paris, France Other Editorial Offices: Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag GmbH Kurfürstendamm 57 10707 Berlin, Germany Blackwell Science KK MG Kodenmacho Building 7–10 Kodenmacho Nihombashi Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan The right of the Author to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise