Models for species-detection data collected along transects in the presence of abundance-induced heterogeneity and clustering in the detection process

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 358-367

  Guillera Arroita, Gurutzeta ^a   Ridout, Martin S ^a   Morgan, Byron J T ^a   Linkie, Matthew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustered data; Markov modulated Poisson process; Poisson mixture; Replicated counts; Species occupancy; Sumatran tiger; Superposition of point processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867364355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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