Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling (CREEM): Recent submissions
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A unified framework for modelling wildlife population dynamics
(2005) - Journal articleThis paper proposes a unified framework for defining and fitting stochastic, discrete-time, discrete-stage population dynamics models. The biological system is described by a state–space model, where the true but unknown ... -
WinBUGS for population ecologists: Bayesian modeling using Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods.
(Springer Series: Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 2008) - Book itemThe computer package WinBUGS is introduced. We first give a brief introduction to Bayesian theory and its implementation using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms. We then present three case studies showing how ... -
Designing a shipboard line transect survey to estimate cetacean abundance off the Azores Archipelago, Portugal
(2008) - ThesisManagement schemes dedicated to the conservation of wildlife populations rely on the effective monitoring of population size, and this requires the accurate and precise estimation of abundance. The accuracy and precision ... -
Behavioural changes of a long-ranging diver in response to oceanographic conditions
(2007) - ThesisThe development of an animal-borne instrument that can record oceanographic measurements (CTD-SRDL) has enabled the collection of oceanographic data at a scale relevant to the counterpart behavioural data, both in time and ... -
Estimating the distribution of demersal fishing effort from VMS data using hidden Markov models.
(CREEM, University of St Andrews, 2008) - Report