What time is it? Choice of time origin and scale in extended proportional hazards models

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1687-1697

  Fieberg, John ^a   Delgiudice, Glenn D ^a,b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Andersen Gill model; Cox proportional hazards; Deer; Hazard; Odocoileus spp.; Spline; Survival analysis; Telemetry; Time origin; Time dependent covariates

Indexed keywords

AGE; DEER; HAZARD; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEER; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; DEER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS;

EID: 67449128448     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0724.1     Document Type: Article

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