Estimating Foetal Growth Rate from Cross‐Sectional Samples of Field Data with Application to Pilot‐Whales

P. Rothery, A. R. Hiby, L. Martin and S. Garside

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, 1995, vol. 44, issue 2, 163-172

Abstract: A method is developed for estimating foetal growth rate from cross‐sectional samples of field data, using a model for the distribution of foetal lengths at various times of the year to allow for a seasonal pattern 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 than previously suggested.

Date: 1995
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