01.Introduction            package:popbio            R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     'Popbio' is a package for the construction and analysis of matrix
     population models.   An overview of functions is contained in the
     numbered sections at the top of the popbio contents page. First,
     the popbio package consists  of the R translation of 'Matlab' code
     found in Caswell (2001) or Morris and Doak (2002).  A list of
     converted functions within each book can be accessed  using
     'help(Caswell)' and 'help(Morris)' within R,  or by following the
     links to  02.Caswell and 03.Morris from the help content pages.

     Second, the 'popbio' package includes functions to estimate vital
     rates and construct projection matrices from raw census data
     typically collected in plant demography studies. In these studies,
     vital rates can often be estimated directly from annual censuses
     of tagged individuals using transition frequency tables.  To
     estimate vital rates in animal demography using capture-recapture
     methods, try the 'Rcapture' package instead.

     Finally, the package includes a number of plotting methods and
     sample datasets consisting of either published projection matrices
     or annual census data from demography studies.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Chris Stubben

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Caswell, H. 2001. Matrix population models: Construction,
     analysis, and interpretation, Second edition. Sinauer, Sunderland,
     Massachusetts, USA. 

     Morris, W. F., and D. F. Doak. 2002. Quantitative conservation
     biology: Theory and practice of population viability analysis.
     Sinauer, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA.

