Journal article
Modelling primate behavioral ecology
- Abstract:
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Models play an important role in any mature science because they force us to make explicit our assumptions about how a phenomenon works and allow us to explore the way in which different variables influence a complex biological system. I review the principal kinds of models that could be used to study primate behavior and ecology: linear programming models, systems models, optimality models, stochastic dynamic programming models and agent-based simulation models. Although less use has been ma...
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- Journal:
- International Journal of Primatology
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 785-819
- Publication date:
- 2002-01-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0164-0291
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:276572
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- pubs:276572
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276572
- Deposit date:
- 2013-11-17
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- 2002
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