Correcting bias in survival estimation resulting from tag failure in acoustic and radiotelemetry studies

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-196

  Townsend, Richard L ^a   Skalski, John R ^a   Dillingham, Peter ^b   Steig, Tracey W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c Hydroacoustic Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Cormack Jolly Seber; Gompertz distribution; Mark recapture; Maximum likelihood; Release recapture

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL; TAGGING;

EID: 33744809061     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/108571106X111323     Document Type: Article

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