| Abstract: | This paper presents some elementary applications of Bayesian statistics to problems faced by wildlife biologists. Bayesian confidence limits for frequency of occurrence are shown to be generally superior to classical confidence limits. Population density can be estimated from frequency data if the species is sparsely distributed relative to the size of the sample plot. For other situations, limits are developed based on the normal distribution and prior knowledge that the density is non-negative, which insures that the lower confidence limit is non-negative. Conditions are described under which Bayesian confidence limits are superior to those calculated with classical methods; examples are also given on how prior knowledge of the density can be used to sharpen inferences drawn from a new sample. |
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| ProdID: | 2000107 |
| Citation Author: | Johnson, D. H. |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 10 pp. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Citation Series: | Special Scientific Report -- Wildlife |
| Citation Series Code: | Special Scientific R |
| Citation Series Number: | 203 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Some Bayesian statistical techniques useful in estimating frequency and density; 1977; Federal Government Series; Special Scientific R; 203; Johnson, D. H. |
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| Citation Year: | 1977 |
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| Text: | Some Bayesian statistical techniques useful in estimating frequency and density; 1977; Federal Government Series; Special Scientific R; 203; Johnson, D. H. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015001470338?urlappend=%3Bseq=343 |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1977 01:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
