Uncertain Sightings and the Extinction of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 180-184

  Solow, Andrew ^a   Smith, Woollcott ^b   Burgman, Mark ^c   Rout, Tracy ^c   Wintle, Brendan ^c   Roberts, David ^d  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Campephilus principalis; Extinction; Poisson process; Sighting record

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; EXTINCTION RISK; POISSON RATIO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL PERIOD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; UNCERTAINTY;

CAMPEPHILUS; CAMPEPHILUS PRINCIPALIS;

EID: 84856328907     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01743.x     Document Type: Article

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