Assessing survival in a multi-population system: A case study on bat populations

Oecologia

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 925-933

  Papadatou, Eleni ^a   Ibáñez, Carlos ^b   Pradel, Roger ^a   Juste, Javier ^b   Gimenez, Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayesian modelling; Demography; Eptesicus isabellinus; Mark recapture; Random effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLONY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HABITAT TYPE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CHIROPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS;

EID: 79952696984     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1771-5     Document Type: Article

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