Inferring extinctions from sighting records of variable reliability

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 251-258

  Lee, Tamsin E ^a   Mccarthy, Michael A ^a   Wintle, Brendan A ^a   Bode, Michael ^a   Roberts, David L ^b   Burgman, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anomalous reports; Bayes factor; Extirpation; Species persistence; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION RISK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MUSTELID; NUMERICAL MODEL; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892555010     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12144     Document Type: Article

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