Survival models using Program MARK for fawn mule deer from birth to 30 days using known-age newborn fawns and ages estimated from published neonatal-age models based on new-hoof growth, California, USA, 2005–2007.

<p>Models compared and contrasted survival rates among groups and time-dependency.</p>a<p>KA = known-age newborn, R = Robinette <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0108797#pone.0108797-Robinette1" target="_blank">[21]</a>, and H = Haskell <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0108797#pone.0108797-Haskell1" target="_blank">[17]</a> neonatal-age model.</p>b<p>Temporal scale represents constant, daily, or weekly survival among intervals.</p>c<p>Akaike's Information Criterion corrected for small sample size <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0108797#pone.0108797-Cooch1" target="_blank">[55]</a>.</p>d<p>Difference in the AIC<i>_c</i> value of the top-ranked model and that of the model under consideration.</p>e<p>Akaike weight <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0108797#pone.0108797-Cooch1" target="_blank">[55]</a>.</p>f<p>Number of parameters.</p><p>Survival models using Program MARK for fawn mule deer from birth to 30 days using known-age newborn fawns and ages estimated from published neonatal-age models based on new-hoof growth, California, USA, 2005–2007.