Parametric empirical bayes methods for ecological applications

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1047-1055

  Ver Hoef, Jay M ^a  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Combining capture recapture experiments; Ecological statistics; Edge detection; Hierarchical models; Image analysis; Population monitoring

Indexed keywords

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA RICHARDSII;

BAYESIAN STATISTICS; POPULATION MONITORING;

EID: 0030389633     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269589     Document Type: Article

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