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New Statistical Methods For Analysis Of Historical Data From Wildlife Populations, Trevor Hefley
New Statistical Methods For Analysis Of Historical Data From Wildlife Populations, Trevor Hefley
Department of Statistics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Work
Wildlife biologists, many times with the help of ordinary citizens, have developed and maintained long-term datasets for monitoring the status of wildlife populations. These datasets can range from a collection of citizen-reported sightings of a rare species, to datasets collected by biologists using standardized methods. The commonality is that these datasets span a temporal and spatial scale that is beyond the scope of most scientific studies. Ensuring the continued persistence of wildlife populations requires predictions of the impact of human actions. Regardless if the predictions are quantitative or qualitative, the best we can do is use the past data to …