Estimating survival and life-stage transitions in the laysan albatross (Phoebastria Immutabilis) using multistate mark-recapture models

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 726-736

  Van Der Werf, Eric A ^a   Young, Lindsay C ^a  

^a Pacific Rim Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding frequency; Encounter probability; Laysan albatross; Mark recapture models; Phoebastria immutabilis; Recruitment; Survival

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS;

EID: 81855228951     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.10285     Document Type: Article

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