Reducing bias in survival under nonrandom temporary emigration

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1155-1166

  Peñaloza, Claudia L ^a,d   Kendall, William L ^b   Langtimm, Catherine A ^c  

^a Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Department of Fish Wildlife and Conservation Biology Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

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

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d American Journal Experts   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Bias reduction; Florida manatees; Incidental observations; Mark recapture; Markovian emigration; Program MARK simulations; Recoveries; Resightings; Robust design; Survival estimation; Telemetry; Trichechus manatus latirostris

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE MAMMAL; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84903836692     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0558.1     Document Type: Article

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