A predictive model of avian natal dispersal distance provides prior information for investigating response to landscape change

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-23

  Garrard, Georgia E ^a   McCarthy, Michael A ^a   Vesk, Peter A ^a   Radford, James Q ^b,c   Bennett, Andrew F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Bush Heritage Australia   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Habitat fragmentation; Informative priors; Precision

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GUILD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; NATAL DISPERSAL; PRECISION; PREDICTION; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

AVES;

EID: 83155180509     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01891.x     Document Type: Article

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