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Further improvements to a method for analysing stage-frequency data

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Researches on Population Ecology

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An iterative procedure for correcting stage-frequency data is described to allow for situations where the period during which a population is sampled begins after some individuals have entered stage 2 or ends before all individuals are dead. The reason for correcting data in this way is to enableKiritani andNakasuji's method for estimating stage-specific survival rates, with extensions proposed byManly (1976, 1977), to be used to analyse the data.

The proposed procedure is illustrated on data obtained by sampling a population of the grasshopperChorthippus brunneus passing through four instar stages to reach the adult stage.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

    B. F. J. Manly

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Manly, B.F.J. Further improvements to a method for analysing stage-frequency data. Res Popul Ecol 27, 325–332 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02515470

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