Estimation of temporal variability of survival in animal populations

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2531-2538

  Gould, William R ^a   Nichols, Jamks D ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age specific; Gender specific; Mallard ducks; Population viability analysis; Roseate Terns; Sampling variation; Survival; Temporal variance; Variance components

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA; AVES; LARIDAE; PARIDAE; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PLATYRHYNCHOS; STERNA DOUGALLII;

EID: 0031687469     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2531:EOTVOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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