Bayesian salamanders: analysing the demography of an underground population of the European plethodontid <it>Speleomantes strinatii </it>with state-space modelling

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It has been suggested that Plethodontid salamanders are excellent candidates for indicating ecosystem health. However, detailed, long-term data sets of their populations are rare, limiting our understanding of the demographic process...

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Main Authors: Salvidio Sebastiano, Reeve Richard, Lindström Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-02-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/10/4