A re-evaluation of a case-control model with contaminated controls for resource selection studies

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1165-1173

  Rota, Christopher T ^a   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a   Kesler, Dylan C ^a   Lehman, Chad P ^b   Rumble, Mark A ^c   Jachowski, Catherine M B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF GAME   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Data cloning; Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling; Maximum partial likelihood estimator; Optimization; Presence only; Prevalence; Pseudo absence; Radiotelemetry; Use availability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; MARKOV CHAIN; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOURCE SELECTION; SAMPLING; SUBSTRATE;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOBRANCHIDAE; CRYPTOBRANCHUS ALLEGANIENSIS BISHOPI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DATA CLONING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO SAMPLING; MAXIMUM PARTIAL LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; METHODOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESENCE-ONLY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSEUDO-ABSENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMETRY; URODELA; USE-AVAILABILITY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA CLONING; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO SAMPLING; MAXIMUM PARTIAL LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATOR; OPTIMIZATION; PRESENCE-ONLY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDO-ABSENCE; RADIOTELEMETRY; USE-AVAILABILITY;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; URODELA;

EID: 84886248351     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12092     Document Type: Article

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