Close-kin mark-recapture informs critically endangered terrestrial mammal status [PDF]
Reliable information on population size is fundamental to the management of threatened species. For wild species, mark-recapture methods are a cornerstone of abundance estimation. Here, we show the first application of the close-kin mark-recapture (CKMR)
Luke R. Lloyd-Jones +15 more
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Low levels of sibship encourage use of larvae in western Atlantic bluefin tuna abundance estimation by close-kin mark-recapture [PDF]
Globally, tunas are among the most valuable fish stocks, but are also inherently difficult to monitor and assess. Samples of larvae of Western Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus (Linnaeus, 1758) from standardized annual surveys in the northern Gulf of
Jan R. McDowell +15 more
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Evaluating the suitability of close‐kin mark‐recapture as a demographic modelling tool for a critically endangered elasmobranch population [PDF]
Estimating the demographic parameters of contemporary populations is essential to the success of elasmobranch conservation programmes, and to understanding their recent evolutionary history. For benthic elasmobranchs such as skates, traditional fisheries‐
Aurélien Delaval +6 more
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Close-kin mark-recapture methods to estimate demographic parameters of mosquitoes. [PDF]
Close-kin mark-recapture (CKMR) methods have recently been used to infer demographic parameters such as census population size and survival for fish of interest to fisheries and conservation.
Yogita Sharma +3 more
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Considering sampling bias in close‐kin mark–recapture abundance estimates of Atlantic salmon [PDF]
Genetic methods for the estimation of population size can be powerful alternatives to conventional methods. Close‐kin mark–recapture (CKMR) is based on the principles of conventional mark–recapture, but instead of being physically marked, individuals are
Sebastian Wacker +6 more
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Spatial close-kin mark-recapture methods to estimate dispersal parameters and barrier strength for mosquitoes. [PDF]
Close-kin mark-recapture (CKMR) methods have recently been used to infer demographic parameters for several aquatic and terrestrial species. For mosquitoes, the spatial distribution of close-kin pairs has been used to estimate mean dispersal distance, of
John M Marshall +4 more
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Robustness of close‐kin mark–recapture estimators to dispersal limitation and spatially varying sampling probabilities [PDF]
Close‐kin mark–recapture (CKMR) is a method for estimating abundance and vital rates from kinship relationships observed in genetic samples. CKMR inference only requires animals to be sampled once (e.g., lethally), potentially widening the scope of ...
Paul B. Conn +3 more
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Population abundance in arctic grayling using genetics and close‐kin mark‐recapture [PDF]
Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus) are among the most widely distributed and abundant freshwater fish in the Yukon Territory of Canada, yet little information exists regarding their broad and fine‐scale population structures or the number and size of ...
Samuel Prystupa +3 more
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Accounting for unobserved population dynamics and aging error in close‐kin mark‐recapture assessments [PDF]
Obtaining robust estimates of population abundance is a central challenge hindering the conservation and management of many threatened and exploited species.
John D. Swenson +8 more
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Assessing the suitability of a one‐time sampling event for close‐kin mark‐recapture: A caribou case study [PDF]
Abundance estimation is frequently an objective of conservation and monitoring initiatives for threatened and other managed populations. While abundance estimation via capture–mark–recapture or spatially explicit capture–recapture is now common, such ...
Brandon D. Merriell +2 more
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