Incorporating the intraspecific occupancy-abundance relationship into zero-inflated models

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2526-2532

  Smith, Adam N H ^a   Anderson, Marti J ^a   Millar, Russell B ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Count data; Marine reserves; Mixed effects ANOVA; Negative binomial distribution; New Zealand; Occupancy abundance relationship; Overdispersion; Pagrus auratus; Snapper; Zero inflation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MARINE PARK; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PERCIFORM; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

CHRYSOPHRYS AURATUS;

EID: 84871746680     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0460.1     Document Type: Article

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