Estimating adult sex ratios from bird mist netting data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 713-720

  Amrhein, Valentin ^a,b   Scaar, Bertrand ^a   Baumann, Marc ^a   Minéry, Nicolas ^a   Binnert, Jean Paul ^a   Korner Nievergelt, Fränzi ^c,d  

^a Research Station Petite Camargue Alsacienne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c Oikostat GmbH   (Switzerland)

^d SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult sex ratio; Bayesian analysis; Capture probability; Detectability; Markrecapture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879669707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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