Abstract
A probability model is described for a mark-recapture study where animals are released annually and where animals may be recovered and identified by a permanent band or resighted and identified by a nonpermanent collar. Survival, capture, and sighting probabilities are assumed to depend on the year. Collar-retention probabilities are assumed to depend only on the age of the collar. Closed-form maximum likelihood estimates do not exist for the model but numerical solutions are easily obtained.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 117-130 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Biometrics |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1988 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics and Probability
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Immunology and Microbiology
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Applied Mathematics