Inferences about population dynamics from count data using multistate models: A comparison to capture-recapture approaches

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 417-426

  Zipkin, Elise F ^a,d   Sillett, T Scott ^b   Grant, Evan H Campbell ^a   Chandler, Richard B ^c   Royle, J Andrew ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black throated blue warbler (Setophaga caerulescens); N mixture model; State space model; Structured populations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894075749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.942     Document Type: Article

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