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A Simple Explanation of Benford's Law by Fewster, R. M.

“…Benfords Law occurs is, however, elusive. Many researchers have verified for themselves that the law is widely obeyed, but have also noted that the popular…”
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Variance Estimation for Systematic Designs in Spatial Surveys by Fewster, R. M.

“…In spatial surveys for estimating the density of objects in a survey region, systematic designs will generally yield lower variance than random designs…”
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First direct evidence for natal wintering ground fidelity and estimate of juvenile survival in the New Zealand Southern right whale Eubalaena australis by Carroll, E. L

“…Identifies individual Southern right whales from year of birth using DNA profiling of skin biopsy samples, and documents their return to the species' primary…”
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Accounting for female reproductive cycles in a superpopulation capture-recapture framework by Carroll, E. L, Childerhouse, S. J, Fewster, R. M, Patenaude, N. J, Steel, D, Dunshea, G, Boren, L, Baker, C. S

“…Superpopulation capture-recapture models are useful for estimating the abundance of long-lived, migratory species because they are able to account for the…”
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Using genetic techniques to quantify reinvasion, survival and in situ breeding rates during control operations by Veale, A. J, Edge, K.‐A, McMurtrie, P, Fewster, R. M, Clout, M. N, Gleeson, D. M

“…Determining the origin of individuals caught during a control/eradication programme enables conservation managers to assess the reinvasion rates of their…”
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Monitoring change in biodiversity through composite indices by Buckland, S.T, Magurran, A.E, Green, R.E, Fewster, R.M

“…The need to monitor trends in biodiversity raises many technical issues. What are the features of a good biodiversity index? How should trends in abundance of…”
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Abundance of the New Zealand subantarctic southern right whale population estimated from photo-identification and genotype mark-recapture by Carroll, E. L., Patenaude, N. J., Childerhouse, S. J., Kraus, S. D., Fewster, R. M., Baker, C. S.

“…The abundance of New Zealand subantarctic southern right whales ( Eubalaena australis ) was estimated for the first time using mark-recapture methods based on…”
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Maximum likelihood estimation for model Mt,α for capture–recapture data with misidentification by Vale, R. T. R, Fewster, R. M, Carroll, E. L, Patenaude, N. J

“…We investigate model Mt,α for abundance estimation in closed‐population capture–recapture studies, where animals are identified from natural marks such as DNA…”
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Inference on population size in binomial detectability models by FEWSTER, R. M., JUPP, P. E.

“…Many models for biological populations, including simple mark-recapture models and distance sampling models, involve a binomially distributed number, n, of…”
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Assessing the design and power of capture-recapture studies to estimate demographic parameters for the Endangered Oceania humpback whale population by Carroll, EL, Brooks, L, Baker, CS, Burns, D, Garrigue, C, Hauser, N, Jackson, JA, Poole, MM, Fewster, RM

“…Capture-recapture studies offer a powerful tool to assess abundance, survival and population rate of change (λ). A previous capture-recapture study, based on…”
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Fast likelihood‐based inference for latent count models using the saddlepoint approximation by Zhang, W., Bravington, M. V., Fewster, R. M.

“…Latent count models constitute an important modeling class in which a latent vector of counts, z, is summarized or corrupted for reporting, yielding observed…”
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Visualizations for Genetic Assignment Analyses using the Saddlepoint Approximation Method by McMillan, L. F., Fewster, R. M.

“…We propose a method for visualizing genetic assignment data by characterizing the distribution of genetic profiles for each candidate source population. This…”
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Trends in the Abundance of Farmland Birds: A Quantitative Comparison of Smoothed Common Birds Census Indices by Siriwardena, Gavin M., Baillie, Stephen R., Buckland, Stephen T., Fewster, Rachel M., Marchant, John H., Wilson, Jeremy D.

“…1. Widespread declines in the populations of many British farmland birds have occurred since the early 1970s. We must understand the causes of these declines…”
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Some applications of genetics in statistical ecology by Fewster, R. M.

“…Genetic data are in widespread use in ecological research, and an understanding of this type of data and its uses and interpretations will soon be an…”
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Estimating abundance of a small population of Bryde's whales: a comparison between aerial surveys and boat‐based platforms of opportunity by Hamilton, O. N. P., Fewster, R. M., Low, P., Johnson, F., Lea, C., Stockin, K. A., Linde, K., Constantine, R.

“…Accurate abundance estimates are essential for the development of effective conservation management strategies, yet they are difficult to produce for small…”
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Trace-Contrast Models for Capture–Recapture Without Capture Histories by Fewster, R. M., Stevenson, B. C., Borchers, D. L.

“…Capture–recapture studies increasingly rely upon natural tags that allow animals to be identified by features such as coat markings, DNA profiles, acoustic…”
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Analysis of Population Trends for Farmland Birds Using Generalized Additive Models by Fewster, Rachel M., Buckland, Stephen T., Siriwardena, Gavin M., Baillie, Stephen R., Wilson, Jeremy D.

“…Knowledge of the direction, magnitude, and timing of changes in bird population abundance is essential to enable species of priority conservation concern to be…”
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A Spatiotemporal Stochastic Process Model for Species Spread by Fewster, R. M.

“…We use a spatiotemporal Markov process to model the spread of an ecological population through its environment over time. Available habitat is divided into…”
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Similarity Indices for Spatial Ecological Data by Fewster, R. M., Buckland, S. T.

“…We present a method for assessing similarity between species maps of presence and absence or abundance that emphasizes global features while ignoring minor…”
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Information on parameters of interest decreases under transformations by Fewster, R.M., Jupp, P.E.

“…An important property of Fisher information is that it decreases weakly under transformation of random variables. Kagan and Rao (2003) [A. Kagan, C.R. Rao,…”
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