Bias in estimation of adult survival and asymptotic population growth rate caused by undetected capture heterogeneity

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 206-216

  Fletcher, David ^a   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^b   Marescot, Lucile ^b   Schaub, Michael ^c   Gimenez, Olivier ^b   Dawson, Steve ^a   Slooten, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bias; Capture heterogeneity; Mark recapture; Maximum population growth rate; Population growth rate; Population model; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859102397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2011.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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