A multievent approach to estimating pair fidelity and heterogeneity in state transitions.

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Fidelity rates of pair-bonded individuals are of considerable interest to behavioral and population biologists as they can influence population structure, mating rates, population productivity, and gene flow. Estimates of fidelity rates calculated from direct observations of pairs in consecutive breeding seasons may be biased because (i) individuals that are not seen are assumed to be dead, (ii) variation in the detectability of individuals is ignored, and (iii) pair status must be known with...

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Authors: Culina, A; Lachish, S; Pradel, R; Choquet, R; Sheldon, B

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Ecology and evolution
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 13
• Pages: 4326-4338
• Publication date: 2013-11-01
• DOI: 10.1002/ece3.729
• EISSN: 2045-7758
• ISSN: 2045-7758
• Language: English
• Keywords: survival; multievent mark–recapture modeling; heterogeneous recapture rates; Great tit