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  • Ecology
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Population Dynamics

Background:

  • Sigmoid growth models (logistic, Gompertz, Richards') are vital for studying population dynamics across scales.
  • Model selection and parameter estimation are critical for practical inferences.
  • Parameter identifiability, ensuring unique and precise estimates, is often overlooked.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore practical parameter identifiability in sigmoid growth models.
  • To investigate the link between parameter identifiability and model misspecification.
  • To provide a framework for reliable parameter estimation in population modeling.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a profile-likelihood approach to assess parameter identifiability.
  • Applied the method to hard coral re-growth data.
  • Compared identifiability issues across logistic, Gompertz, and Richards' models.

Main Results:

  • The logistic growth model demonstrated no practical identifiability issues with the analyzed data.
  • Gompertz and Richards' models exhibited practical non-identifiability issues.
  • Ignoring initial density variability in the Gompertz model led to significantly different time scale estimates (625 vs. 1429 days).

Conclusions:

  • Parameter identifiability is essential for avoiding unreliable estimates and misleading interpretations in population modeling.
  • The logistic model is robust for the studied coral re-growth data.
  • The developed theoretical framework and software are applicable to various sigmoid growth models and datasets.