Bayesian small area models for assessing wildlife conservation risk in patchy populations

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 982-991

  Wilson, Duncan S ^a,c   Stoddard, Margo A ^b   Betts, Matthew G ^a   Puettmann, Klaus J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian conservation; Ascaphus truei; Dicamptodon tenebrosus; Hierarchical Bayesian models; Rhyacotriton kezeri; Rhyacotriton variegatus; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION STATUS; DRAINAGE; HABITAT QUALITY; MODEL VALIDATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RARE SPECIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; LOGISTIC MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ASCAPHUS TRUEI; DICAMPTODON TENEBROSUS; RHYACOTRITON KEZERI; RHYACOTRITON VARIEGATUS;

EID: 67650418133     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01160.x     Document Type: Article

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