Estimating population size and hidden demographic parameters with state-space modeling

American Naturalist

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 722-733

  Tavecchia, Giacomo ^a,b,d   Besbeas, Panagiotis ^a   Coulson, Tim ^b   Morgan, Byron J T ^a   Clutton Brock, Tim H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Hidden parameters; Population dynamics; Soay sheep; State space modeling; Survival

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ERROR ANALYSIS; FECUNDITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SHEEP; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; HEBRIDES; OUTER HEBRIDES; SAINT KILDA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO; SHEEP;

EID: 67650249216     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/598499     Document Type: Article

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