Exploring mark-resighting-recovery models to study savannah tree demographics

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 549-560

  Lahoreau, G ^a   Gignoux, J ^a   Julliard, R ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Capture recapture model; Encounter; Plant; Recovery data; Savannah; Survival

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; SAVANNA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 21844431918     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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