The candidate models used to estimate survival in nestling marabou storks tagged in Swaziland between 2005 and 2011, and resighted across southern Africa.

Estimates of survival (phi) and recapture (p) were modelled with time (t), and/or age class of the birds (age). Age1–5 refers to age classes of 1st year birds through to 5th year birds. The number of parameters is indicated by “n”. The models are arranged from best (top of table) to worst (bottom).