Smoothing hazard functions for telemetry survival data in wildlife studies

Bird Study

Volumn 46, Issue , 1999, Pages S47-S54

  Tsap, Kuenhi ^a   Brownie, Cavell ^b   Nychka, Douglas W ^c   Pollock, Kenneth H ^b  

^a ROCHE BIOSCIENCE   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics ^*  (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION MODELING; SMOOTHING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0033452261     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659909477231     Document Type: Article

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