Advanced techniques for modeling avian nest survival

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3476-3488

  Dinsmore, Stephen J ^a,c   White, Gary C ^a   Knopf, Fritz L ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Box 9690 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Charadrius montanus; Montana; Mountain Plover; Nest survival; Nesting success; Program MARK

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; NESTING SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

AVES; CHARADRIUS MONTANUS; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 0038477016     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3476:ATFMAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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