Estimating timing of life-history events with coarse data

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 932-939

  Johnson, Devin S ^a   Barry, Ronald P ^a   Bowyer, R Terry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse data; Dall's sheep; Date of birth; Interval censoring; Ovis dalli; Sheppard's correction; Timing of life history events; Unequal intervals; Variance

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY; SAMPLING BIAS; SCALE EFFECT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS DALLI;

EID: 23844491897     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/BFW-009     Document Type: Article

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