Multistate capture-recapture analysis under imperfect state observation: An application to disease models

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 486-492

  Conn, Paul B ^a   Cooch, Evan G ^b  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Disease model; Misclassification; Multievent model; Multistate model; Transition probability; Unobservable states

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EYE DISEASE; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; POPULATION MODELING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; CARPODACUS MEXICANUS;

EID: 61449128375     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01597.x     Document Type: Article

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