Consequences of violating the recapture duration assumption of mark-recapture models: A test using simulated and empirical data from an endangered tortoise population

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1096-1104

  O'Brien, Susan ^a,b,d   Robert, Bourou ^c   Tiandry, Hafany ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demographic parameters; Geochelone yniphora; Mark recapture methods; Ploughshare tortoise; Program MARK

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; REPTILE; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; GEOCHELONE YNIPHORA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 31344446149     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01084.x     Document Type: Article

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