Bayesian state-space modeling of metapopulation dynamics in the Glanville fritillary butterfly

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 581-598

  Harrison, Philip J ^a,b   Hanski, Ilkka ^a   Ovaskainen, Otso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Cross validation; Diffusion; Dispersal; Habitat quality; Individual based model (IBM); Mark recapture; Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC); Melitaea cinxia; Random effects; State space model (SSM); Stochastic patch occupancy model (SPOM)

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BUTTERFLY; DIFFUSION; DISPERSAL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT QUALITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; METAPOPULATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION SIZE; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 83155183259     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0192.1     Document Type: Article

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