Mixture models for estimating the size of a closed population when capture rates vary among individuals

Biometrics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 351-364

  Dorazio, Robert M ^a   Royle, J Andrew ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Beta binomial; Heterogeneity; Latent class; Logistic normal; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BETA-BINOMIAL; BIRD SPECIES; CAPTURE RATE; DATA-RATE; HETEROGENEITY; LATENT CLASS; LOGISTIC-NORMAL; MIXTURE MODELING; POPULATION SIZES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CAPTURE METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; BIRD; HARE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SIMULATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0037531765     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-0420.00042     Document Type: Article

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