Modern Bayesian methods have an important role to play in population ecology. Statistical methods for the analysis of mark-recapture-recovery data on wild animals continue to develop in response to the availability of long-term data sets and advances in animal marking and tracking techniques. Bringing together top experts in the field, this book presents up-to-date Bayesian procedures in an accessible manner, illustrated by a wide range of real examples and complemented by accessible computer programs. The authors include WinBUGS and R code for all of the analyses that are performed in the text.

Ruth King is a reader in statistics at the University of St. Andrews and a former EPSRC post-doctoral Research Fellow.

Byron J.T. Morgan is a professor of applied statistics at the University of Kent and co-director of the EPSRC National Centre for Statistical Ecology.

Olivier Gimenez is a research scientist in biostatistics at CNRS and a former Marie Curie research fellow.

Stephen P. Brooks is director of research at ATASS Ltd and a former professor of statistics at the University of Cambridge and EPSRC Advanced Fellow.

Introduction to Statistical Analysis of Ecological Data. Bayesian Techniques and Tools. Ecological Applications. Appendices. References. Index.