Estimating immigration using a Bayesian integrated population model: choice of parametrization and priors

Environmental and Ecological Statistics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 535-549

  Schaub, Michael ^a,b   Fletcher, David ^c  

^a SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Conservation Biology   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; Immigration; Integrated population model; Prior sensitivity; Source sink dynamics

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIRD; FECUNDITY; IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AVES;

EID: 84952298587     PISSN: 13528505     EISSN: 15733009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10651-015-0309-8     Document Type: Article

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