Why you should use capture-recapture methods when estimating survival and breeding probabilities: on bias, temporary emigration, overdispersion, and common toads

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 375-388

  Schmidt, Benedikt ^a   Schaub, Michael ^b   Anholt, Bradley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0012367092     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685380260449234     Document Type: Article

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