Hidden Markov models for estimating animal mortality from anthropogenic hazards

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1915-1925

  Etterson, Matthew A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic hazards; Avian mortality; Carbofuran; Carcass searches; Competing risks; Granular insecticide; Hidden Markov models; Scavenging; Searcher efficiency; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INSECTICIDE; MARKOV CHAIN; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WILD POPULATION; WIND TURBINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 84891304500     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1166.1     Document Type: Article

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