[R-sig-eco] Dealing with overdispersion in mixed model with count data

[Ben Bolker]

Bradley Carlson <carbrae at ...> writes:

> 

> 
> I'd be curious to hear from others if whether there are inherent flaws in
> this approach. I'm not terribly experienced in this area but this was the
> solution I came upon when I dealt with this issue myself.
> 

  There's a bit more information, and a variety of references
on observation-level random effects, at

http://glmm.wikidot.com/faq#overdispersion

  Ben Bolker