Modeling and estimation of stage-specific daily survival probabilities of nests

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2048-2053

  Stanley, Thomas R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation; Maximum likelihood; Mayfield model; Modeling survival; Nest survival; Nesting success; Stage specific survival

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; NESTING; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033940687     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[2048:MAEOSS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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