Harvest-based Bayesian estimation of sika deer populations using state-space models

Population Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-144

  Yamamura, Kohji ^a   Matsuda, Hiroyuki ^b   Yokomizo, Hiroyuki ^c,d   Kaji, Koichi ^e   Uno, Hiroyuki ^f   Tamada, Katsumi ^f   Kurumada, Toshio ^f   Saitoh, Takashi ^g   Hirakawa, Hirofumi ^h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^g HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimate; Cervus nippon; Generalized linear mixed model; Observation error; Population dynamics; State space model

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ERROR CORRECTION; HARVESTING; HUNTING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MODELING; SPOTLIGHT SURVEY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 41049102709     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-007-0069-x     Document Type: Article

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