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Persistence models for mark-recapture

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The stable of models available for analyzing mark-recapture data (Otis et al. Wild Momogr 66:135, 1978) includes those having behavioral characteristics, time variation, heterogeneity, along with combinations of those characteristics. This paper proposes use of a series of models based on the persistence model of Ramsey and Usner (Biometrics 59:331–339, 2003). We show that persistence can be modeled in combination with behavior and with time variation. We apply the persistence model to situations in which capture occasions are not equally-spaced in time. Two case studies illustrate the use of these extended persistence models.

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  1. Department of Statistics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

    Fred L. Ramsey

  2. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

    Paul M. Severns

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Ramsey, F.L., Severns, P.M. Persistence models for mark-recapture. Environ Ecol Stat 17, 97–109 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10651-008-0103-y

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