A general methodology for the analysis of capture-recapture experiments in open populations

Biometrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 860-873

  Schwarz, Carl James ^a   Arnason, A Neil ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auxiliary variables; Births; Capture recapture; Covariates; Escapement; Jolly Seber model

Indexed keywords

AUXILIARY VARIABLES; BIRTH; BIRTH PROCESS; CAPTURE-RECAPTURE; COVARIATES; ESCAPEMENT; FUNCTION REPRESENTATIONS; GENERAL METHODOLOGIES; JOLLY-SEBER MODEL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS;

OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUE; CAPTURE-RECAPTURE EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; MODELLING; OPEN POPULATION;

EID: 0029659257     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2533048     Document Type: Article

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