Bayesian analysis of abundance for binomial sighting data with unknown number of marked individuals

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-332

  McClintock, Brett T ^a,b   Hoeting, Jennifer A ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual heterogeneity; Mark resight; Marking and sighting; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Population size

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; SIMULATION;

FIORDLAND NATIONAL PARK; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

PETROICA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 77956175189     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-009-0109-0     Document Type: Article

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