Quantifying changes in abundance without counting animals: Extensions to a method of fitting integrated population models

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 409-418

  Freeman, Stephen N ^a   Besbeas, Panagiotis ^b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Demographic rates; Generalized linear modelling; Presence absence data; Profile likelihood; Species lists

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LINEAR PROGRAMING; ORNITHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84859267062     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0667-4     Document Type: Article

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