Estimating site occupancy, colonization, and local extinction when a species is detected imperfectly

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2200-2207

  MacKenzie, Darryl I ^a   Nichols, James D ^b   Hines, James E ^b   Knutson, Melinda G ^c   Franklin, Alan B ^d  

^a Proteus Wildlife Research Consultants   (New Zealand)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Detection probability; Local extinction; Metapopulation; Monitoring; Open population; Patch occupancy; Robust design; Site occupancy

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; LOCAL EXTINCTION; METAPOPULATION; MONITORING; POPULATION MODELING;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; CAUDATA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 0344585053     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-3090     Document Type: Article

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