Realized population change for long-term monitoring: California spotted owl case study

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1449-1458

  Conner, Mary M ^a   Keane, John J ^a   Gallagher, Claire V ^a   Jehle, Gretchen ^a   Munton, Thomas E ^a   Shaklee, Paula A ^a   Gerrard, Ross A ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian MCMC approach; California; California spotted owl; hierarchical model monitoring; Pradel's temporal symmetry model; random effects estimator; rate of population change; realized population change; Strix occidentalis occidentalis

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MARKOV CHAIN; MONITORING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL; SYMMETRY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 84883447679     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.591     Document Type: Article

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