ESTIMATING FETAL GROWTH-RATE FROM CROSS-SECTIONAL SAMPLES OF FIELD DATA WITH APPLICATION TO PILOT-WHALES

Authors
ROTHERY P MARTIN AR HIBY L GARSIDE S
Citation
P. Rothery et al., ESTIMATING FETAL GROWTH-RATE FROM CROSS-SECTIONAL SAMPLES OF FIELD DATA WITH APPLICATION TO PILOT-WHALES, Applied Statistics, 44(2), 1995, pp. 163-172
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Statistic & Probability","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
Applied Statistics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00359254
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
163 - 172
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-9254(1995)44:2<163:EFGFCS>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A method is developed for estimating foetal growth rate from cross-sec tional samples of field data, using a model for the distribution of fo etal lengths at various times of the year to allow for a seasonal patt ern in conception rates. The method is applied to data from catches of pilot-whales off the Faroes taken over a 3-year period. This indirect approach provides an estimate of gestation length which is shorter th an previously suggested.