Using mixtures to model heterogeneity in ecological capture-recapture studies

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1022-1034

  Pledger, Shirley ^a   Phillpot, Polly ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Capture recapture; Heterogeneity; Mixture model

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ABUNDANCE; CAPTURE PROBABILITIES; CAPTURE-RECAPTURE; COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; DATA SET; HETEROGENEITY; MIXTURE MODELING; MODELING RESULTS; POPULATION MODEL;

ANIMALS;

EID: 57649174929     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200810446     Document Type: Article

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