Quantifying the importance of geographic replication and representativeness when estimating demographic rates, using a coastal species as a case study

Ecography

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 971-981

  Field, Christopher R ^a   Ruskin, Katharine J ^b   Benvenuti, Bri ^c   Borowske, Alyssa C ^a   Cohen, Jonathan B ^d   Garey, Laura ^b   Hodgman, Thomas P ^e   Longenecker, Rebecca A ^h   King, Erin ^g   Kocek, Alison R ^d   Kovach, Adrienne I ^c   O'Brien, Kathleen M ^h   Olsen, Brian J ^b   Pau, Nancy ⁱ   Roberts, Samuel G ^f   Shelly, Emma ^a   Shriver, W Gregory ^f   Walsh, Jennifer ^c   Elphick, Chris S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e MAINE DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^g Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^h Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

ⁱ US Fish & Wildlife Service Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALTMARSH; SAMPLING; SONGBIRD; SURVIVAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS; PASSERI;

EID: 85037376071     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02424     Document Type: Article

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