Maximum likelihood estimates of tag loss in leatherback sea turtles

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 540-548

  Rivalan, Philippe ^a   Godfrey, Matthew H ^a,b   Prévot Julliard, Anne Caroline ^a   Girondot, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture Mark Recapture (CMR); Dermochelys coriacea; French Guiana; Leatherback sea turtle; Maximum likelihood; Model selection; Monel tag; PIT tag; Tag loss

Indexed keywords

MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; RETENTION; TAGGING; TURTLE;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DERMOCHELYIDAE; DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 23744506294     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0540:MLEOTL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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