A review of designs for capture-mark-recapture studies in discrete time

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages 355-370

  Lindberg, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxiliary data; Capture mark recapture; Design; Inference; Sample size

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAPTURE METHOD; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATA PROCESSING; DESIGN; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECISION;

EID: 84859264899     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0533-9     Document Type: Review

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