Assessing individual heterogeneity using model selection criteria: How many mixture components in capture-recapture models?

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 564-573

  Cubaynes, Sarah ^a,b   Lavergne, Christian ^b   Marboutin, Eric ^c   Gimenez, Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Classification; Individual heterogeneity; Information criteria; Mixture models; Simulation experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867356892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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