Monitoring amphibian populations with incomplete survey information using a Bayesian probabilistic model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 214, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 210-218

  Wilson, Duncan S ^a   Stoddard, Margo A ^b   Puettmann, Klaus J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian monitoring; Ascaphus truei; Bayesian networks; Dicamptodon tenebrosus; Hierarchical Bayesian models; Rhyacotriton spp.

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBIAN MONITORING; DICAMPTODON TENEBROSUS; HIERARCHICAL BAYESIAN MODELS; RHYACOTRITON SPP.;

BIODIVERSITY;

AMPHIBIAN; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; HABITAT; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION MODELING; SURVEY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ASCAPHUS TRUEI; DICAMPTODON TENEBROSUS; RHYACOTRITON;

EID: 43049170125     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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