A hierarchical model for regional analysis of population change using Christmas Bird Count data, with application to the American Black Duck

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-24

  Link, William A ^a   Sauer, John R ^a   Niven, Daniel K ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas rubripes; Bayesian; Christmas Bird Count; Count data; Hierarchical models; Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ANAS RUBRIPES; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 32344432258     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[0013:AHMFRA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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