Modeling Demographic Processes In Marked Populations

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Bayesian Hierarchical Models for Inference About Population Growth....Pages 3-17
Assessing Density-Dependence: Where Are We Left?....Pages 19-32
The Efficient Semiparametric Regression Modeling of Capture-Recapture Data: Assessing the Impact of Climate on Survival of Two Antarctic Seabird Species....Pages 43-58
Multivariate State Space Modelling of Bird Migration Count Data....Pages 59-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Contribution of Capture-Mark-Recapture Modeling to Studies of Evolution by Natural Selection....Pages 83-129
Application of Capture–Recapture to Addressing Questions in Evolutionary Ecology....Pages 131-152
Estimating Reproductive Costs with Multi-State Mark-Recapture Models, Multiple Observable States, and Temporary Emigration....Pages 157-172
Estimating Latent Time of Maturation and Survival Costs of Reproduction in Continuous Time from Capture–Recapture Data....Pages 173-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Inferences About Landbird Abundance from Count Data: Recent Advances and Future Directions....Pages 201-235
Sources of Measurement Error, Misclassification Error, and Bias in Auditory Avian Point Count Data....Pages 237-254
Density Estimation by Spatially Explicit Capture–Recapture: Likelihood-Based Methods....Pages 255-269
A Generalized Mixed Effects Model of Abundance for Mark-Resight Data When Sampling is Without Replacement....Pages 271-289
Evaluation of the Linkage Disequilibrium Method for Estimating Effective Population Size....Pages 291-320
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Migration and Movement – The Next Stage....Pages 323-347
Stopover Duration Analysis with Departure Probability Dependent on Unknown Time Since Arrival....Pages 349-363
Habitat Selection, Age-Specific Recruitment and Reproductive Success in a Long-Lived Seabird....Pages 365-392
Cubic Splines for Estimating the Distribution of Residence Time Using Individual Resightings Data....Pages 393-415
Detecting Invisible Migrants: An Application of Genetic Methods to Estimate Migration Rates....Pages 417-437
Front Matter....Pages 439-439
Stochastic Variation in Avian Survival Rates: Life-History Predictions, Population Consequences, and the Potential Responses to Human Perturbations and Climate Change....Pages 441-461
Filling a Void: Abundance Estimation of North American Populations of Arctic Geese Using Hunter Recoveries....Pages 463-489
Front Matter....Pages 439-439
Integration of Demographic Analyses and Decision Modeling in Support of Management of Invasive Monk Parakeets, an Urban and Agricultural Pest....Pages 491-510
Front Matter....Pages 511-511
Completing the Ecological Jigsaw....Pages 513-539
Using a State-Space Model of the British Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Population to Diagnose the Causes of a Population Decline....Pages 541-561
A Hierarchical Covariate Model for Detection, Availability and Abundance of Florida Manatees at a Warm Water Aggregation Site....Pages 563-578
An Integrated Analysis of Multisite Recruitment, Mark-Recapture-Recovery and Multisite Census Data....Pages 579-591
Front Matter....Pages 594-594
Bayes Factors and Multimodel Inference....Pages 595-615
Estimating Demographic Parameters from Complex Data Sets: A Comparison of Bayesian Hierarchical and Maximum-Likelihood Methods for Estimating Survival Probabilities of Tawny Owls, Strix aluco in Finland....Pages 617-637
Inference About Species Richness and Community Structure Using Species-Specific Occupancy Models in the National Swiss Breeding Bird Survey MHB....Pages 639-656
Time-Varying Covariates and Semi-Parametric Regression in Capture–Recapture: An Adaptive Spline Approach....Pages 657-675
A Further Step Toward the Mother-of-All-Models: Flexibility and Functionality in the Modeling of Capture–Recapture Data....Pages 677-689
Front Matter....Pages 691-691
Exploring Extensions to Multi-State Models with Multiple Unobservable States....Pages 693-709
Extending the Robust Design for DNA-Based Capture–Recapture Data Incorporating Genotyping Error and Laboratory Data....Pages 711-726
A Traditional and a Less-Invasive Robust Design: Choices in Optimizing Effort Allocation for Seabird Population Studies....Pages 727-744
Non-random Temporary Emigration and the Robust Design: Conditions for Bias at the End of a Time Series....Pages 745-761
Front Matter....Pages 763-763
One Size Does Not Fit All: Adapting Mark-Recapture and Occupancy Models for State Uncertainty....Pages 765-780
The Stakes of Capture–Recapture Models with State Uncertainty....Pages 781-795
Rank and Redundancy of Multistate Mark-Recapture Models for Seabird Populations with Unobservable States....Pages 797-825
Mark-Recapture Jolly-Seber Abundance Estimation with Classification Uncertainty....Pages 827-844
Program E-Surge: A Software Application for Fitting Multievent Models....Pages 845-865
Estimation of Lifetime Reproductive Success When Reproductive Status Cannot Always Be Assessed....Pages 867-879
Front Matter....Pages 881-881
WinBUGS for Population Ecologists: Bayesian Modeling Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods....Pages 883-915
Comparison of Fixed Effect, Random Effect, and Hierarchical Bayes Estimators for Mark Recapture Data Using AD Model Builder....Pages 917-946
Front Matter....Pages 947-947
On Adjusting for Missed Visits in the Indexing of Abundance from “Constant Effort” Ringing....Pages 949-963
Simulation Performance of Bayesian Estimators of Abundance Employing Age-at-Harvest and Mark-Recovery Data....Pages 965-986
A Spatial Model for Estimating Mortality Rates, Abundance and Movement Probabilities from Fishery Tag-Recovery Data....Pages 987-1010
Gaussian Semiparametric Analysis Using Hierarchical Predictive Models....Pages 1011-1035
Effect of Senescence on Estimation of Survival Probability When Age Is Unknown....Pages 1037-1053
Weak Identifiability in Models for Mark-Recapture-Recovery Data....Pages 1055-1067
Estimating N: A Robust Approach to Capture Heterogeneity....Pages 1069-1080
Evaluation of Bias, Precision and Accuracy of Mortality Cause Proportion Estimators from Ring Recovery Data....Pages 1081-1097
Standardising Terminology and Notation for the Analysis of Demographic Processes in Marked Populations....Pages 1099-1106
Estimating the Seasonal Distribution of Migrant Bird Species: Can Standard Ringing Data Be Used?....Pages 1107-1117
Evaluation of a Bayesian MCMC Random Effects Inference Methodology for Capture-Mark-Recapture Data....Pages 1119-1127
On Adjusting for Missed Visits in the Indexing of Abundance from “Constant Effort” Ringing....Pages 1132-1135
Simulation Performance of Bayesian Estimators of Abundance Employing Age-at-Harvest and Mark-Recovery Data....Pages 1136-1137
Back Matter....Pages 1129-1131