Survival and spatial fidelity of mouflon (Ovis gmelini): A bayesian analysis of an age-dependent capture-recapture model

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 277-298

  Dupuis, Jérôme ^a   Badia, Jacques ^b   Maublanc, Marie Line ^b   Bon, Richard ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Directed graph; Gibbs sampling; Multistate model

Indexed keywords

AGE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; SEX ALLOCATION; SHEEP; SURVIVAL;

CAROUX-ESPINOUSE MASSIF; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MASSIF CENTRAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS ARIES MUSIMON; OVIS GMELINI;

EID: 3843129395     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/10857110260141292     Document Type: Article

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