Nest survival in Dusky Canada Geese (Branta canadensis occidentalis): Use of discrete-time models

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 198-210

  Grand, James B ^a   Fondell, Thomas F ^b   Miller, David A ^a,c   Anthony, R Michael ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Branta canadensis occidentalis; Copper River Delta; Discrete time models; Dusky Canada Goose; Horvitz Thompson estimator; Nest success; Nest survival; Nonparametric models

Indexed keywords

NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION MODELING; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

ALASKA; COPPER DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANSER SP.; BRANTA CANADENSIS; BRANTA CANADENSIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 32344448668     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[0198:NSIDCG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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