Conditional modelling of ring-recovery data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 823-831

  McCrea, Rachel S ^a   Morgan, Byron J T ^a   Brown, Daniel I ^a   Robinson, Rob A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blackbird; Declining recovery probability; Grey heron; Logistic models; Song thrush; Time segmentation; Wren

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875268381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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