These are the references that I had received from Michael Scroggie on "sensitivity analysis" (in one sense of the term).
Hope some of you find this helpful. Chris >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Lotus-FromDomain: NRE >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 09:44:44 +1000 >Subject: Sensitivity analysis (usenet post) > > > >From: Michael Scroggie@NRE on 01/02/2002 09:44 AM > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >cc: >Subject: Sensitivity analysis (usenet post) > >Christopher: > >you colleague might like to check out the following references: > > >Caswell, H. (1978). A general formula for the sensitivity of population >growth > >rate to changes in life history parameters. Theoretical Population >Biology 14: > >215-230. > >Caswell, H. (1989). Matrix population models. Sinauer, >Sunderland, > >Massachusetts, USA. > >de Kroon, H., Plaisier, A., van Groenendael, J. & Caswell, H. >(1986). > >Elasticity: the relative contribution of demographic parameters to >population > >growth rate, Ecology 67: 1427-1431. > >Stearns, S.C. (1992). The evolution of life histories. Oxford University >Press, > >New York. > >van Groenendael, J., de Kroon, J. & Caswell, H. (1988). Projection >matrices in > >population biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 3: 264-269. > >van Tienderen, P.H. (2000). Elasticities and the link between >demographic and > >evolutionary dynamics. Ecology 81: 666-679. > > > >Also, there is a freely available excel add-in package (Poptools) >which does > >sensitivity analysis. It is available for download from: > >http://www.dwe.csiro.au/vbc/poptools/index.htm > > >Hope this info is relevant/useful, > >Regards > > >Michael Scroggie > >Fauna Ecology Research > >Arthur Rylah Institute > >123 Brown Street Phone +61 3 9450 8709 > >HEIDELBERG VICTORIA 3084 Fax +61 3 94508799 > >AUSTRALIA email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christopher J. Mecklin, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics and Statistics Murray State University Murray, KY 42071 Phone: 270 762-5437 Fax: 270 762-2314 http://campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/chris.mecklin/index.htm ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
