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bbsBayes: An R Package for Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis of North American Breeding Bird Survey Data Cover

bbsBayes: An R Package for Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis of North American Breeding Bird Survey Data

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|Jul 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.329 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647
Language: English
Submitted on: Apr 1, 2020
Accepted on: Jul 7, 2021
Published on: Jul 20, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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