Individual heterogeneity and identifiability in capture-recapture models

Individual heterogeneity in detection probabilities is a far more serious problem for capture-recapture modeling than has previously been recognized. In this note, I illustrate that population size is not an identifiable parameter under the general closed population mark-recapture model Mh. The prob...

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Main Author: Link, W. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona 2004-01-01
Series:Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
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Online Access:http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/files/ABC-27-1-pp-87-91.pdf