Estimating population impacts via dynamic occupancy analysis of Before-After Control-Impact studies

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1389-1404

  Popescu, Viorel D ^a,b   Valpine, Perry De ^a   Tempel, Douglas ^c   Peery, M Zachariah ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

BACI; Colonization; Detection; Dynamic occupancy; Environmental impact; Local survival; Sampling design; Simulation; Statistical power; Turnover; Wildlife monitoring

Indexed keywords

ASCL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SURVIVAL; TURNOVER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 84862977401     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1669.1     Document Type: Article

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