Comparing survival among species with imperfect detection using multilevel analysis of mark-recapture data: A case study on bats

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-161

  Papadatou, Elena ^a   Pradel, Roger ^a   Schaub, Michael ^b,c   Dolch, Dietrich ^d   Geiger, Hartmut ^d   Ibañez, Carlos ^e   Kerth, Gerald ^f   Popa Lisseanu, Ana ^e   Schorcht, Wigbert ^g   Teubner, Jana ^h   Gimenez, Olivier ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d Estación Biológica de Doñana ^*  (Germany)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^f Zoologisches Inst   (Germany)

^g NACHTaktiv Bat Research   (Germany)

^h Landesumweltamt Brandenburg Abt ÖNW   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONGEVITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84856228230     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07084.x     Document Type: Article

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