Cohort and tag-site-specific tag-loss rates in mark-recapture studies: A southern elephant seal cautionary case

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 350-369

  Oosthuizen, Chris ^a   de Bruyn, Nico ^a   Bester, Marthán ^a   Girondot, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Cohort heterogeneity; Double tagging; Marion Island; Mark resight; Marker loss; Mirounga leonina; Phocids; Tag placement.; Tag shedding

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PINNIPED; SOFTWARE; TAGGING;

MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

EID: 77954496797     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2009.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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