Sensitivity analysis of North American bird population estimates

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 173-177

  Thogmartin, Wayne E ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fourier amplitude sensitivity test; Monte Carlo randomization; North American Landbird Conservation Plan; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIRD CONSERVATION; BIRD POPULATIONS; BREEDING BIRD SURVEY; DISTANCE DETECTION; FOURIER AMPLITUDE SENSITIVITY TESTS; GLOBAL MODELS; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY; INPUT PARAMETER; INPUT VARIABLES; LOCAL MODEL; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL SENSITIVITY; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTIPLICATIVE MODEL; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH AMERICAN LANDBIRD CONSERVATION PLAN; POPULATION ESTIMATE; POPULATION SIZES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME SIMULATIONS;

FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SIMULATORS; SURVEYS;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ESTIMATION METHOD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SIMULATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 70549111719     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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