Age-structured Jolly-Seber model expands inference and improves parameter estimation from capture-recapture data

• Nathan J. Hostetter ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: njhostet@ncsu.edu

  Current address: U.S. Geological Survey, North Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

  Affiliation Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6075-2157

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• Nicholas J. Lunn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Gatineau, Canada

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• Evan S. Richardson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Research Division, Science and Technology Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Gatineau, Canada

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• Eric V. Regehr,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Sarah J. Converse

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences & School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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