Estimating stage-specific daily survival probabilities of nests when nest age is unknown

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 134-147

  Stanley, Thomas R ^a  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; BIRD; ESTIMATION METHOD; NESTLING; SURVIVAL;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 1242310464     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090062     Document Type: Article

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