Of bugs and birds: Markov chain Monte Carlo for hierarchical modeling in wildlife research

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 277-291

  Link, William A ^a   Cam, Emmanuelle ^a   Nichols, James D ^a   Cooch, Evan G ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Kittiwake; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Rissa tridactyla; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; HETEROGENEITY; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AVES; LARUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 0036527211     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803160     Document Type: Article

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