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stork: Data on marked white storks in Germany, 1986-2001

Description

Data for white stork (Ciconia ciconia) during 16 years (1986-2001) in eastern Germany. Chicks were ringed and adults resighted when they raised a brood in the study area. Nineteen ringed storks were recovered dead. The data set only includes birds resighted at least once as > 2 year olds.

Usage

data(stork)

Format

stork is a matrix with rows for 691 marked birds and columns for the years 1986 to 2001. 1 indicates ringing or resighting, 2 a dead recovery, otherwise 0.

References

Schaub, M., Kania, W., Köppen, U. (2005) Variation of primary production during winter induces synchrony in survival rates in migratory white storks Ciconia ciconia. Journal of Animal Ecology 74, 656-666.

Schaub, M., Kéry, M. (2022) Integrated Population Models, Academic Press, section 4.5.4.

Examples

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str(stork)