On the estimation of spread rate for a biological population

Jim Clark; Lajos Horváth; Mark Lewis

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On the estimation of spread rate for a biological population

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Authors:

Jim Clark, Lajos Horváth, Mark Lewis

Year:

2001

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

Statistics & Probability Letters 51 (2001) 225-234

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Abstract

We propose a nonparametric estimator for the rate of spread of an introduced population. We prove that the limit distribution of the estimator is normal or stable, depending on the behavior of the moment generating function. We show that resampling methods can also be used to approximate the distribution of the estimators.

Keywords

Moment-generating function, normal distribution, bootstrap

Citation

Clark, Jim; Horváth, Lajos; Lewis, Mark. 2001. On the estimation of spread rate for a biological population. Statistics & Probability Letters 51 (2001) 225-234