Mark-recapture modeling accounting for state uncertainty provides concurrent estimates of survival and fecundity in a protected harbor seal population

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 691-705

  Cordes, Line S ^a,b   Thompson, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Individual based; Phoca vitulina; Photo identification; Population dynamics; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; PINNIPED; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; SURVIVAL;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA;

EID: 84897566460     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mms.12070     Document Type: Article

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