Estimating annual survival in sexually dimorphic species from proportions of first-year birds

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1408-1419

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a   Shea, Russell E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age markers; Annual survival; Collecting bias; Life history; Manacus spp.; Manakin; Molt; Pipra spp.; Piranga spp.; Ramphocelus spp.; Tanager; Turdus spp.

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVAL;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; HABIA; MANACUS; PIPRA; PIRANGA; PIRANGA BIDENTATA; RAMPHOCELUS; RAMPHOCELUS DIMIDIATUS; TURDUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 34547616260     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1035     Document Type: Article

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