Hierarchical models for estimating density from DNA mark-recapture studies

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1106-1115

  Gardner, Beth ^a   Royle, J Andrew ^a   Wegan, Michael T ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Adirondacks, New York, USA; Bayesian analysis; Bears; DNA sampling; Hair snare trapping; Hierarchical model; Spatial capture recapture; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BEAR; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAIR; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HAIR; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; HAIR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW YORK; POPULATION DENSITY; RESEARCH; URSIDAE;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

URSUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 63849268438     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-2112.1     Document Type: Article

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