Estimating Demographic Parameters for Bearded Seals, Erignathus barbatus, in Alaska Using Close‐Kin Mark‐Recapture Methods [PDF]
Evolutionary ApplicationsReliable estimates of population abundance and demographics are essential for managing harvested species. Ice‐associated phocids, “ice seals,” are a vital resource for subsistence‐dependent coastal Native communities in western and northern Alaska, USA ...
Brian D. Taras +7 more
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Assessing the suitability of a one‐time sampling event for close‐kin mark‐recapture: A caribou case study [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAbundance 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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A simulation-based evaluation of methods for estimating census population size of terrestrial game species from genetically-identified parent-offspring pairs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Estimates of wildlife population size are critical for conservation and management, but accurate estimates are difficult to obtain for many species. Several methods have recently been developed that estimate abundance using kinship relationships observed
Jeremy Larroque, Niko Balkenhol
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Age is not just a number: How incorrect ageing impacts close‐kin mark‐recapture estimates of population size [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionPopulation size is a key parameter for the conservation of animal species. Close‐kin mark‐recapture (CKMR) relies on the observed frequency and type of kinship among individuals sampled from the population to estimate population size.
Felix T. Petersma +4 more
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Reliability of trans‐generational genetic mark–recapture (tGMR) for enumerating Pacific salmon [PDF]
Evolutionary ApplicationsAs Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) decline across much of their range, it is imperative to further develop minimally invasive tools to quantify population abundance.
Samuel W. Rosenbaum +6 more
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Estimation of Parental Abundance Using Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling With Data Augmentation [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionPedigree‐based estimation methods leverage the fact that each offspring in a cohort is genotypically “marked” by its parents and represent a recent and promising toolset for estimating population dynamics.
Benjamin Marcy‐Quay, Nicholas M. Sard
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Fishes, 2023 Extra-Poisson variance in annual reproductive success can affect the precision of abundance estimates made using ‘close-kin’ mark–recapture procedures. However, empirical evaluation of that variance in natural marine populations can be daunting.
Michael D. Tringali
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Dispersal in Mastomys natalensis mice: use of fine-scale genetic analyses for pest management [PDF]
, 2008 Mastomys natalensis is the major pest rodent in sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, population genetic techniques were used to gain new insights into its dispersal behaviour, a critical parameter in pest management.
Cosson, J.F. +3 more
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Expanding the feasibility of fish and wildlife assessments with close‐kin mark–recapture
Ecosphere, 2020 Close‐kin mark–recapture (CKMR) is a powerful new method for the assessment of fish and wildlife population dynamics. Unlike traditional mark–recapture techniques, the use of kinship as an identifying mark is robust to many forms of capture heterogeneity
Benjamin Marcy‐Quay +3 more
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A review of an emerging tool to estimate population parameters: the close-kin mark-recapture method
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Knowing the number of individuals in a population is fundamental for the sustainable management of exploited marine resources but estimating this parameter is often extremely challenging, especially in large, highly mobile and dispersed populations ...
Laura Casas, Fran Saborido-Rey
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