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SUBMITTER: Rebke M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5247488 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rebke Maren M Becker Peter H PH Colchero Fernando F
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20170101 1846
In a monogamous species two partners contribute to the breeding process. We study pair formation as well as the effect of pair bond length and age on breeding performance, incorporating individual heterogeneity, based on a high-quality dataset of a long-lived seabird, the common tern (Sterna hirundo). To handle missing information and model the complicated processes driving reproduction, we use a hierarchical Bayesian model of the steps that lead to the number of fledglings, including processes ...[more]