[Basta-users] Question on survivorship for pre-emergence

[Ezequiel Fabiano]

Thanks, Maren.

Yes, that is correct.



2012/4/4 Rebke, Maren <Rebke at demogr.mpg.de>

> **
> Hi Fabiano,
>
> I guess you work on a species like the meerkat in which the young first
> stay under the ground and you don't see them. You only see them for the
> first time when they come above the ground and you have no idea how many
> young died already before
> that. Is that right? In that case you could use the argument minAge. You
> set it to the age when the young emerge and BaSTA will then calculate
> survival from that age onwards.
>
> Best wishes,
> Maren
>
>
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> *From:* basta-users-bounces at lists.r-forge.r-project.org [mailto:
> basta-users-bounces at lists.r-forge.r-project.org] *On Behalf Of *Colchero,
> Fernando
> *Sent:* Mittwoch, 4. April 2012 06:58
> *To:* Ezequiel Fabiano
> *Cc:* Basta-users at lists.r-forge.r-project.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Basta-users] Question on survivorship for pre-emergence
>
> Dear Fabiano,
>
>    I am no sure what you mean by "pre-emergence litters". I'm not sure if
> this will answer your question, but so far BaSTA only deals with survival
> data, although we are envisioning to extend it also to analyzing fertility.
>
>    Best,
>
>    Fernando
>
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>  On Apr 3, 2012, at 6:02 PM, Ezequiel Fabiano wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am busy sorting out my data to run with BaSTA. I have a question. In
> most cases no data in available for pre-emergence litters. How does BaSTA
> handles this? Or is it similar to ways previously used like in life-tables?
>
> Thanks
> Fabiano
>
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Ezequiel C. Fabiano, MEnvDev
PhD student at Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Senior Research Assistant at Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia
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