Hi George, I’m not familiar with the method in that paper, but I know that "a Tweedie distribution is equivalent to the distribution obtained by summing a Poisson number of gamma random variables" (Foster & Bravington 2013) and there are a few methods available in R for estimating the Tweedie distribution (i.e. compound Poisson–gamma distribution).
…but is the measurement for each reproductive event really continuous, e.g something like total clutch weight or volume? cheers, Mollie > On 11Oct 2018, at 15:49, Glen,George <george.g...@ufl.edu> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I found this paper online > (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4226152), which discusses a > method to model the sum of continuous random variables over a number of > events where the number of events is also a random variable. I was wondering > if anyone knew of specific examples using this approach to model reproductive > events in animal populations? Or if a robust modeling framework in R has been > constructed? > > “What is best in mathematics deserves not merely to be learnt as a task, but > to be assimilated as a part of daily thought, and brought again and again > before the mind with ever-renewed encouragement.” Bertrand Russell > > Graduate Assistant (PhD) > Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research > Department of Biology > University of Florida > > Tel: (+1) 352-282-5616 Website: http://accstr.ufl.edu/ > Skype: geoglen12 Email: > george.g...@ufl.edu<mailto:george.g...@ufl.edu> > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-ecology mailing list > R-sig-ecology@r-project.org > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-ecology _______________________________________________ R-sig-ecology mailing list R-sig-ecology@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-ecology
