Mortality
rate is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a
specific cause) in some population, scaled to the size of that
population, per unit time. Mortality rate is expressed using many measurement
units including, percentage, proportion and the number of deaths scaled to a standard unit (e.g., per 1000 individuals per year).
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Mortality rate
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Hatching success
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Nest success
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