An Accessible Method for Implementing Hierarchical Models with Spatio-Temporal Abundance Data

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Ross, Beth E., Hooten, Mevin B., Koons, David N.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2012
• Subjects: Research Article; Laplace; greater scaup
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3500297; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23166658; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049395

A common goal in ecology and wildlife management is to determine the causes of variation in population dynamics over long periods of time and across large spatial scales. Many assumptions must nevertheless be overcome to make appropriate inference about spatio-temporal variation in population dynami...