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Appendix B. List with the assessment of intrinsic identifiability of different temporary emigration models.

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Intrinsic identifiability of the temporary emigration models, assessed with computer algebra (see Appendix A for MAPLE code used for the assessment). Table entries are the parameters that are separately identifiable, the number of estimated parameters when k capture occasions are considered. Model notations follow Lebreton et al. (1992). S: survival probability, : transition probability between observable and unobservable state (emigration), : transition probability between unobservable and observable state (immigration), p: on-site recapture probability. In the model notation, subscript t refers to time, g to group, and . to constancy. In the parameter notation, superscript g1 refers to group1, superscript g2 to group2, the subscript m refers to the last capture occasion and subscript 1 to the first capture occasion. Note: is never estimable, but this is not stated explicitly in this table.

Model	Identifiable parameters	Number of estimated quantities
1:	None	8k-20
2:	None	7k-18
3:	None, but pg1 and pg2	6k-10
4:	None, but p	6k-11
5:	None, but pg12 and pg22	6k-13
6:	None, but p2	5k-11
7:	None, but pg1 and pg2	4k-5
8:	None, but p	4k-6
9:	All, but Sg1m, Sg2m, pg1m, pg2m	4k-2
10:	All, but Sg1m, Sg2m, pm	3k
11:	All	2k+4
12:	All	2k+3
13:	All, but Sg1m, Sg2m, pg1m, pg2m	4k-4
14:	All, but Sg1m, Sg2m, pm	3k-2
15:	All	2k+2
16:	All	2k+1
17:	All, but Sm-1, Sm, , , , , , , , , , , p2, pm	7k-15
18:	All, but Sm, , , , , , , , , p1, pm	6k-11
19:	All, but Sm, , , ,	5k-6
20:	All, but Sm, , , ,	5k-7
21:	None, but pg12 and pg22	5k-11
22:	None	4k-10
23:	None, but pg1 and pg2	3k-4
24:	None, but p	3k-5
25:	All, but Sm, pg1m, pg1m	3k
26:	All, but Sm, pm	2k+1
27:	All	k+5
28:	All	k+4
29:	All, but Sm, pg1m, pg2m	3k-2
30:	All, but Sm, pm	2k-1
31:	All	k+3
32:	All	k+2
33:	All, but , , , , , , , , pg11, pg21, pg1m, pg2m	6k-10
34:	All, but , , , , , , , , p1, pm	5k-7
35:	All	4k-2
36:	All	4k-3
37:	All, but , , , , pg11, pg1m, pg21, pg2m	4k-5
38:	All, but , , , , p1, pm	3k-4
39:	All	2k+1
40:	All	2k
41:	All	2k+4
42:	All	k+5
43:	All	8
44:	All	7
45:	All	2k+2
46:	All	k+3
47:	All	6
48:	All	5
49:	All, but , , , , , , , , pg11, pg21, pg1m, pg2m	6k-11
50:	All but , , , , , , , , p1, pm	5k-8
51:	All	4k-3
52:	All	4k-4
53:	All, but , , , , pg11, pg1m, pg21, pg2m	4k-6
54:	All, but , , , , p1, pm	3k-5
55:	All	2k
56:	All	2k-1
57:	All	2k+3
58:	All	k+4
59:	All	7
60:	All	6
61:	All	2k+1
62:	All	k+2
63:	All	5
64:	All	4

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