Markov chain Monte Carlo estimation of species distributions: A case study of the swift fox in western Kansas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 483-487

  Sargeant, Glen A ^a   Sovada, Marsha A ^a   Slivinski, Christiane C ^b,c   Johnson, Douglas H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Carnivore survey; Image restoration; Kansas; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Species distributions; Species habitat associations; Swift fox; Vulpes velox; Wildlife surveys

Indexed keywords

CANID; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT SELECTION; MARKOV CHAIN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

KANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

VULPES VELOX;

EID: 23744455492     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0483:MCMCEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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