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Assessment of hypotheses about dispersal in a long-lived seabird using multistate capture–recapture models

  1. Emmanuelle Cam1,*,
  2. Daniel Oro2,
  3. Roger Pradel3,
  4. Juan Jimenez4

Article first published online: 16 JUN 2004

DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00848.x

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Journal of Animal Ecology

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volume 73, Issue 4, pages 723–736, July 2004

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Cam, E., Oro, D., Pradel, R. and Jimenez, J. (2004), Assessment of hypotheses about dispersal in a long-lived seabird using multistate capture–recapture models. Journal of Animal Ecology, 73: 723–736. doi: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00848.x

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  1. 1

    Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA), CSIC-UIB, 07190 Esporles, Mallorca, Spain, and Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR CNRS 5174 – Bât. 4R3, Salle 209, Université P. Sabatier, Toulouse III, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 04, France;

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    Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats (IMEDEA), CSIC-UIB, 07190 Esporles, Mallorca, Spain;

  3. 3

    Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

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    Servicio de Conservación y Gestión de la Biodiversidad, Dirección General de Planificación y Gestión del Medio, Francisco Cubells 7, 46011 Valencia, Spain

* Emmanuelle Cam, Laboratoire Evolution et Diversité Biologique, UMR CNRS 5174, Bât. 4R3, Salle 209, Université P. Sabatier, Toulouse III, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse cedex 04, France. Fax: + 33561557327; E-mail: emmacam@cict.fr

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  1. Issue published online: 16 JUN 2004
  2. Article first published online: 16 JUN 2004
  3. Received 21 July 2003; accepted 19 December 2003

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