Testing for handling bias in survival estimation for black brant

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 782-791

  Sedinger, James S ^a   Lindberg, Mark S ^a,c   Rexstad, Eric A ^a   Chelgren, Nathan D ^a   Ward, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Ducks Unlimited Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Banding; Black brant; Branta bernicla nigricans; Estimation; Goose; Handling effects; Heterogeneity; Survival; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANSER SP.; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS;

EID: 0030874563     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802185     Document Type: Article

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