A Bayesian state-space formulation of dynamic occupancy models

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1813-1823

  Royle, J Andrew ^a   Kéry, Marc ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Detection probability; Heterogeneity; Hierarchical models; Presence absence data; Range dynamics; Site occupancy; State space models; Turnover; WinBUGS

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLONIZATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXTINCTION; GROWTH RATE; METAPOPULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL;

AVES; DENDROICA CERULEA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 34248583853     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0669.1     Document Type: Article

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