A Generalized Model for Estimating Intermolt Periods of Asynchronously Molting Insects and Crustacea from Field or Laboratory Data

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 389-402

  Millar, Russell B ^a   Hoenig, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored data; Growth; Mark recapture; Maximum likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PANULIRUS ARGUS; PONTOPHILUS SPINOSUS; SPINY;

EID: 0642272738     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1400510     Document Type: Article

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