Written for researchers and students in statistics, ecology, demography, and the social sciences, this book covers many modern developments of capture-recapture and related methods. With an emphasis on ecology, it helps readers understand model formulation and applications, including the technicalities of model diagnostics and checking. A wide r
Rachel S. McCrea is a NERC research fellow in the National Centre for Statistical Ecology at the University of Kent.
Byron J.T. Morgan is an Emeritus Professor and honorary professorial research fellow in the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Kent. He is also the co-director of the National Centre for Statistical Ecology.
Introduction. Model Fitting, Averaging, and Comparison. Estimating the Size of Closed Populations. Survival Modeling: Single-Site Models. Survival Modeling: Multi-Site Models. Occupancy Modelling. Covariates and Random Effects. Simultaneous Estimation of Survival and Abundance. Goodness-of-Fit Assessment. Parameter Redundancy. State-Space Models. Integrated Population Modeling. Appendix.