Survival and spatial fidelity of mouflons: The effects of location, age, and sex

Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 486-513

  King, Ruth ^a   Brooks, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arnason Schwarz; Bayesian analysis; Capture recapture; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Model averaging; Model discrimination

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SITE FIDELITY; SURVIVAL;

OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 3843068498     PISSN: 10857117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/1085711032570     Document Type: Article

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