Use of survival time analysis to analyze nesting success in birds: An example using Loggerhead Shrikes

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 457-471

  Nur, Nadav ^a   Holmes, Aaron L ^a   Geupel, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding date; Cox proportional hazards model; Kaplan Meier function; Logistic regression; Mayfield method; Nest failure; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARETTA CARETTA; LANIIDAE; LANIUS; LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 4043114767     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7336     Document Type: Article

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