Journal article
A capture-recapture model for exploring multi-species synchrony in survival
JJ Lahoz-Monfort, BJT Morgan, MP Harris, S Wanless, SN Freeman
Methods in Ecology and Evolution | WILEY-BLACKWELL | Published : 2011
Abstract
1.Although recent decades have seen much development of statistical methods to estimate demographical parameters such as reproduction, and survival and migration probabilities, the focus is usually the estimation of parameters for individual species. This is despite the fact that several species may live in close proximity, sometimes competing for the same resources. There is therefore a great need for new methods that enable a better integration of demographical data, e.g. the study of synchrony between sympatric species, which are subject to common environmental stochasticity and potentially similar biotic interactions. 2.We propose a mark-recapture statistical model that uses random effec..
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Funding Acknowledgements
J.J.L.-M. was supported by a grant provided by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the EPSRC National Centre for Statistical Ecology. We thank the many people who have helped with ringing and looking for colour rings on the Isle of May, particularly Mark Newell. Part of the fieldwork was carried out with funding from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee's integrated Seabird Monitoring Programme. Scottish Natural Heritage allowed us to carry out these studies on the Isle of May National Nature Reserve. We also thank Olivier Gimenez and Marc Kery for helpful comments and suggestions that improved the article.