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 …

Many fields of science begin with a phase of exploration and description, followed by
investigations of the processes that account for observed patterns. The science of ecology is …

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 …

The tiger (Panthera tigris) is an endangered, large felid whose demographic status is poorly
known across its distributional range in Asia. Previously applied methods for estimating tiger …

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 …

Photographic mark–recapture is a cost‐effective, non‐invasive way to study populations.
However, to efficiently apply photographic mark–recapture to large populations, computer …

Untangling the spatial and temporal processes that influence population dynamics of
migratory species is challenging, because changes in abundance are shaped by variation in …

Although wide‐ranging, elusive, large carnivore species, such as the tiger, are of scientific
and conservation interest, rigorous inferences about their population dynamics are scarce …

Radio Tracking and Animal Populations is a succinct synthesis of emerging technologies
and their applications to the empirical and theoretical problems of population assessment …

Detecting individuals of amphibian and reptile species can be a daunting task. Detection
can be hindered by various factors such as cryptic behavior, color patterns, or observer …