Evidence of Alaskan trumpeter swan population growth using bayesian hierarchical models

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 720-727

  Schmidt, Joshua H ^a   Lindberg, Mark S ^a   Johnson, Devin S ^b   Conant, Bruce ^c   King, James ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Climate change; Cygnus buccinator; Missing data; Population trend; Survey data

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

CYGNUS BUCCINATOR; CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 77749283504     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-262     Document Type: Article

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