Analysis of aerial survey data on Florida manatee using Markov chain Monte Carlo

Biometrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 524-541

  Craig, Bruce A ^a   Newton, Michael A ^b   Garrott, Robert A ^c   Reynolds III, John E ^d   Wilcox, J Ross ^e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Florida Power & Light Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Hidden Markov models; Manatee

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; CHAINS; INFERENCE ENGINES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AERIAL SURVEYS; ATLANTIC COASTS; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODELS; FLORIDA MANATEES; HIDDEN-MARKOV MODELS; MANATEE; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE-CARLO; SURVEY DATA;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS;

ARTICLE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; TRICHECHIDAE; TRICHECHUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS; TRICHECHUS MANATUS LATIROSTRIS;

AERIAL SURVEY; AERIAL SURVEYS; DATA ANALYSIS; FLORIDA MANATEE; MAMMALS; MANATEE; MODEL; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POPULATION NUMBER;

USA, FLORIDA, ATLANTIC COAST;

EID: 0030619686     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533955     Document Type: Article

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