Note on a method for analyzing stage-frequency data |
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Authors: | Bryan F. J. Manly |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Abstract: | A new method for analyzing stage-frequency data is proposed which is based on the estimation of rates of transition between one stage and the next highest stage in one unit of time, and a unit time survival rate that is assumed to be constant. Once these estimates are calculated it becomes possible to also estimate the mean durations of stages, stage-specific survival rates, and numbers entering stages. An advantage of the method is that it can be applied with any distribution of entry times to stage 1, and any distribution of numbers in stages when sampling begins. Use of the method is illustrated on data from a copepod population in a Canadian lake. |
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Keywords: | estimation stage-frequency data statistical model survival rate |
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