Modeling tag loss in New Zealand fur seal pups

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 475-485

  Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a,b   Barker, Richard J ^a   Davis, Lloyd S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arctocephalus forsteri; Double tagging; Log linear model; Mark recapture; Tag loss association

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009120282     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1400661     Document Type: Article

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