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Linking ecological and evolutionary dynamics

Reference	BBS/B/01219
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Byron John Treharne Morgan
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Tim Coulson
Institution	University of Kent
Department	Sch of Maths Statistics & Actuarial Sci
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	149,915
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/07/2004
End date	30/04/2008
Duration	46 months

Abstract

We will construct complex stochastic models for wild animal population dynamics, with reference to 3 detailed long-term studies. Models will include age-dependent survival and dispersal probabilities, fecundity, and Markovian changes of reproductive state. Time-variation will be modelled through regression on covariates, and over-dispersion will be described through random effects. Methods will be devised for inputting missing values in individual covariates, and population-level covariates will be refined. Classical and Bayesian methods for model-fitting and -selection will be compared. The models will increase understanding of how wild animal populations regulate their numbers, and will be used to study senescence and for prediction.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Engineering & Biological Systems (EBS)
Research Topics	Technology and Methods Development
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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