1 Dec 22:49
RMark Burnham Ananlysis
I'm currently conducting an analysis of seasonal survival in RMark using Burnham's joint analysis model. The year is broken into the non-breeding season (Sept. - April) and the breeding season (May-August). Capture periods occur in May, June, and August, so that the breeding season is divided into 2 intervals (mid-May to mid-June and mid-June to late August) and the non-breeding season is a single interval from September to April. In MARK I could go into the PIMS and 'constrain' the 2 intervals of a breeding season to have the same survival, but I can't figure out how to do this in RMark. It seems that adding a factor for breeding season and non-breeding season may be the only way to do this. This would require a new factor for each model of interest (e.g., nbs(.) bs(.) vs. nbs(t) bs(t)) - I wanted to see if there were other options before going further. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks, Jeff Warren Wildlife Biologist Red Rock Lakes NWR Lima, Montana 59739 (406) 276-3536
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