Survival Estimation from Mark and Recov Recap Data

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BACK TO SURVIVAL ESTIMATION • Challenging information to get, especially for large scales • Some approaches: • Observed survival in captive populations • Survival estimation from radio-tagged samples of populations • Methods based on tag recoveries • E.g., game bird banding, fish tagging, etc.
• Band (tag) recovery analysis • Estimate S (survival rate) and r (recovery rate) • Data type is Dead recoveries
Year of recovery Year Releases 1 2 3 1 R 1 m 11 m 12 m 13 2 R 2 m 22 m 23 3 R 3 m 33
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