Effects of tag loss on direct estimates of population growth rate

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 821-827

  Rotella, Jay J ^a   Hines, James E ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Capture probability; Capture recapture; Direct estimation of population growth rate; Population dynamics; Tag loss

Indexed keywords

MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; TAGGING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 16844381770     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1193     Document Type: Article

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