Bayesian estimation of age-specific bird nest survival rates with categorical covariates

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-58

  Cao, Jing ^a   He, Chong Z ^b   McCoy, Timothy D ^c  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age specific survival rate; Bayesian estimation; Bird nest survival; Hierarchical model; Noninformative prior

Indexed keywords

AGE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MODELING; NEST; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

AGELAIUS; AVES;

EID: 39049087031     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-007-0038-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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