Handbook of capture-recapture analysis / edited by Steven C. Amstrup, Trent L. McDonald, and Bryan F.J. Manly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Amstrup, Steven C.

McDonald, Trent L., 1965-

Manly, Bryan F. J., 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal populations--Mathematical models.

Animal populations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction to the handbook / Bryan F.J. Manly ... [et al.]

Classical closed-population capture-recapture models / Anne Chao, Richard M. Huggins

Classical open-population capture-recapture models / Kenneth H. Pollock, Russell Alpizar-Jara

Modern closed-population capture-recapture models / Anne Chao, Richard M. Huggins

Modern open-population capture-recapture models / James D. Nichols

Tag-recovery models / John M. Hoenig ... [et al.]

Joint modeling of tag-recovery and live-resighting data / Richard J. Barker

Multistate models / Carl J. Schwarz

Examples / Trent L. McDonald ... [et al.]

Capture-recapture methods in practice / Bryan F.J. Manly ... [et al.]

Appendix

A.1. Capability matrix for common capture-recapture software packages

A.2. General and contact information for common capture-recapture software packages listed in Table A.1.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-299) and index.

ISBN:

9786612964831

9781282964839

1282964836

9781400837717

1400837715

OCLC:

705945746