A Bayesian approach to classification criteria for spectacled eiders

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1077-1089

  Taylor, B L ^a   Wade, P R ^b   Stehn, R A ^c   Cochrane, J F ^d,e  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c US National Biological Service   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Decision analysis; Extinction; Risk classification; Spectacled eider; Trends; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ANAS SP.; SOMATERIA FISCHERI;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION RISK; SPECTACLED EIDER;

USA, ALASKA, YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTA;

EID: 0030389942     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269592     Document Type: Article

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