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		Bayesian Priors for Matrix Population Models // Provides
		functions to correct biased transition and fertility estimates
		in population projection matrices caused by small sample sizes.
		Small or short-term studies frequently produce structural zeros
		(biologically possible transitions never observed) and
		structural ones (transitions estimated at 100% survival,
		stasis, or mortality that are biologically implausible). Both
		distort matrix structure and bias estimates of population
		growth. Implements a multinomial-Dirichlet Bayesian prior for
		transition probabilities and a Gamma-Poisson prior for
		reproduction, allowing analysts to incorporate prior biological
		knowledge and regularise estimates from rare or unobserved
		events. Includes functions to compute marginal posterior
		credible intervals for all transition probabilities
		(transition_CrI()), visualise those intervals as point-range
		plots (plot_transition_CrI()), and display the full posterior
		beta density for each matrix entry (plot_transition_density()).
		Methods are described in Tremblay et al. (2021)
		doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109526.
	</longdescription>
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