FRANSCI (4)SCI222 Page 1 Statistical Science 1999, Vol. 14, No. 4, 427–456 Estimating
Animal Abundance: Review III Carl J. Schwarz and George AF Seber Abstract. The literature …

Techniques to improve estimation of animal population size and mortality from tagging
studies have received substantial attention from terrestrial biologists and statisticians during …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely applied to understand the processes
governing spatial and temporal variation in species abundance and distribution but often do …

Occupancy Estimation and Modeling: Inferring Patterns and Dynamics of Species
Occurrence, Second Edition, provides a synthesis of model-based approaches for analyzing …

MARK provides parameter estimates from marked animals when they are re-encountered at
a later time as dead recoveries, or live recaptures or re-sightings. The time intervals between …

A guide to data collection, modeling and inference strategies for biological survey data using
Bayesian and classical statistical methods. This book describes a general and flexible …

Few species are likely to be so evident that they will always be detected when present.
Failing to allow for the possibility that a target species was present, but undetected, at a site …

Summary 1 Demographic data from both breeding and non‐breeding periods are needed to
manage populations of migratory birds, many of which are declining in abundance and are …

Techniques for estimation of absolute abundance of wildlife populations have received a lot
of attention in recent years. The statistical research has been focused on intensive small …

Population ecology has matured to a sophisticated science with astonishing potential for
contributing solutions to wildlife conservation and management challenges. And yet, much …