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Stability and complexity in model ecosystems
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ISBN: 9780691088617 0691088616 Year: 2001 Publisher: Princeton: Princeton university press,

Handbook of capture-recapture analysis
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ISBN: 1282964836 9786612964831 1400837715 9781400837717 0691089671 069108968X 9780691089676 9780691089683 Year: 2005 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,

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Every day, biologists in parkas, raincoats, and rubber boots go into the field to capture and mark a variety of animal species. Back in the office, statisticians create analytical models for the field biologists' data. But many times, representatives of the two professions do not fully understand one another's roles. This book bridges this gap by helping biologists understand state-of-the-art statistical methods for analyzing capture-recapture data. In so doing, statisticians will also become more familiar with the design of field studies and with the real-life issues facing biologists. Reliable outcomes of capture-recapture studies are vital to answering key ecological questions. Is the population increasing or decreasing? Do more or fewer animals have a particular characteristic? In answering these questions, biologists cannot hope to capture and mark entire populations. And frequently, the populations change unpredictably during a study. Thus, increasingly sophisticated models have been employed to convert data into answers to ecological questions. This book, by experts in capture-recapture analysis, introduces the most up-to-date methods for data analysis while explaining the theory behind those methods. Thorough, concise, and portable, it will be immensely useful to biologists, biometricians, and statisticians, students in both fields, and anyone else engaged in the capture-recapture process.

Occupancy estimation and modeling : inferring patterns and dynamics of species
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ISBN: 1280628499 9786610628490 0080455042 9780080455044 9781280628498 0120887665 9780120887668 Year: 2006 Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier,

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Occupancy Estimation and Modeling is the first book to examine the latest methods in analyzing presence/absence data surveys. Using four classes of models (single-species, single-season; single-species, multiple season; multiple-species, single-season; and multiple-species, multiple-season), the authors discuss the practical sampling situation, present a likelihood-based model enabling direct estimation of the occupancy-related parameters while allowing for imperfect detectability, and make recommendations for designing studies using these models.* Provides authoritative insigh


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Dynamique des populations
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ISBN: 2225387311 9782225387319 Year: 1974 Volume: 6 Publisher: Paris : Masson,


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On the Volterra and other nonlinear models of interacting populations.
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ISBN: 0122874501 032316093X 9780122874505 Year: 1971 Publisher: New York, NY : Academic Press,


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Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations
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ISBN: 0387781501 9786611927103 1281927104 038778151X Year: 2009 Publisher: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer,

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Much of biology can be understood in terms of demography. It is the demographic processes of birth and death which govern rates of population growth and the rates at which gene frequencies change. The analysis of demographic processes in free-living organisms is, however, far from simple. Scientists from diverse fields in biology and statistics have united to address the challenges by developing mark-recapture methods and other approaches. Progress has been rapid, and this volume represents a snapshot of the emerging field. It has eleven sections in total, covering the most important biological and statistical frontiers, new software developments, and an open forum. It covers the latest approaches in modeling population dynamics, evolutionary ecology and wildlife biology. It addresses issues in the estimation of abundance and movement, and it covers new statistical approaches in the combination of information, Bayesian statistics, Robust Designs and the modeling of state-uncertainty.


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The mathematical theory of the dynamics of biological populations : based on a conference organised by the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications in association with the Institute of Biology
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ISBN: 0120798506 9780120798506 Year: 1973 Publisher: London ; New York, NY : Academic Press,

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