Allometric scaling and Bayesian priors for annual survival of birds and mammals

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 216-222

  McCarthy, Michael A ^a   Citroen, Rebecca ^a   McCall, Sarah C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Allometry; Bayesian methods; Linear model; Metabolism; Prior information

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; SURVIVAL;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; BIRD; BODY SIZE; MAMMAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMETRY; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 49849094973     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588074     Document Type: Article

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