Finite study areas and vital rates: Sampling effects on estimates of spotted owl survival and population trends

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 963-971

  Zimmerman, Guthrie S ^a,c   Gutierrez R J ^a   Lahaye, William S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Division of Migratory Bird Management ^*  (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

California spotted owl; Capture recapture models; Emigration; Limited study area size; Multistate models; Population dynamics; Sample size; Strix occidentalis occidentalis; Survival

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; COAST RANGES; NORTH AMERICA; SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 34548382724     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01343.x     Document Type: Article

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