Hierarchical Bayes for structured, variable populations: From recapture data to life-history prediction

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2232-2244

  Clark, James S ^a   Ferraz, Gonçalo ^a   Oguge, Nick ^a   Hays, Helen ^b   DiCostanzo, Joseph ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture data; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Matrix population models; Population viability analysis; Random effects; Stratification; Terns and rats

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING;

LARIDAE; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 23644450785     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1348     Document Type: Article

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