Bayesian animal survival estimation

Statistical Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 357-376

  Brooks, S P ^a   Catchpole, E A ^b   Morgan, B J T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Band return; Bayesian analysis; BUGS; Capture recapture; Cormack Jolly Seber; Model averaging; Product multinomial; Ring recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000232671     PISSN: 08834237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/ss/1009213003     Document Type: Article

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