On the Bayesian estimation of a closed population size in the presence of heterogeneity and model uncertainty

Biometrics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 816-824

  King, R ^a   Brooks, S P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Heterogeneity; Model averaging; Population size; Reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; MARKOV PROCESSES; POPULATION STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL POPULATIONS; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN ESTIMATIONS; CAPTURE-RECAPTURE; HETEROGENEITY; MODEL AVERAGING; MODELING UNCERTAINTIES; POPULATION SIZES; REVERSIBLE JUMP MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; WILD ANIMALS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DOLPHIN; HETEROGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DATA ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; PARAMETER; POPULATION SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WILD ANIMAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; OTIS;

EID: 49749129588     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2007.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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