A stepwise-selected spline approximation to time-varying parameters, with application to occupancy modelling

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-132

  Thorson, James T ^a,b   Zhou, Shijie ^b   Punt, André E ^a,b   Smith, Anthony D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Akaike Information Criterion; Annually varying parameter; Chondrichthys; Data poor; Detectability; Detection non detection data; Hierarchical model; Presence absence; Stepwise model selection; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 84873535626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210x.2012.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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