The demographic causes of population change vary across four decades in a long‐lived shorebird

AM Allen, E Jongejans, M van de Pol, BJ Ens… - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding which factors cause populations to decline begins with identifying which
parts of the life cycle, and which vital rates, have changed over time. However, in a world …

Factors affecting fledglings survival in urban population of European blackbirds in Szczecin (NW Poland)

D Wysocki, M Witkowska, S Walczakiewicz - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The first-year survival alters population growth rates and viability in birds, however this
period remains the least-studied of the avian life stages. Here we present results of the 19 …

Exceptionally high apparent adult survival in three tropical species of plovers in Madagascar

W Jones, LJ Eberhart‐Hertel… - Journal of Avian …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Adult survival is a key component of population dynamics, and understanding variation in
and the drivers of adult survival rates and longevity is critical for ecological and evolutionary …

Pedigree Validation Using Genetic Markers in an Intensively-Managed Taonga Species, the Critically Endangered Kakī (Himantopus novaezelandiae)

A Overbeek, S Galla, L Brown, S Cleland… - …, 2020 - scholarworks.boisestate.edu
Many species recovery programmes use pedigrees to understand the genetic ancestry of
individuals to inform conservation management. However, incorrect parentage assignment …

[HTML][HTML] Differential colour-ring loss among Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) colonies and its consequence on survival estimates

A Bounas, G Catsadorakis, D Hatzilacou, T Naziridis… - Avian Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The analysis of bird ringing data often comes with some potential sources of error and bias,
as ring wear and/or loss could affect mark-recapture analyses and produce erroneous …

Assessing quality of contributions to avian monitoring by non-scientists: a case study on individually banded wild birds

V Puehringer-Sturmayr, J Rittenschober… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Long-term records of animal behaviour are useful sources of data for generating new
testable hypotheses, though often human and financial resources limit opportunities to …

[PDF][PDF] Moult migration, site fidelity and survival of Canada Geese Branta canadensis caught at Lake Windermere, Cumbria

K Brides, KA Wood, K Leighton, J Barbour, SW Petrek… - Wildfowl, 2023 - academia.edu
Abstract Analyses of 2,108 re-encounters made during 2013–2021 of 1,042 Canada Geese
Branta canadensis marked at Windermere, Cumbria, in summers 2013–2021 are used to …

Neckband loss and its effect on apparent survival estimates in Greylag Geese (Anser anser): variation with season, sex and age

KHT Schreven, B Voslamber - Journal of Ornithology, 2022 - Springer
Mark-recapture studies enable us to estimate population parameters such as survival, if
marks do not impact survival and if marks are not lost. Mark loss can result from external …

Current applications and future promise of genetic/genomic data for conservation in an Aotearoa New Zealand context

N Forsdick, CIM Adams, A Alexander, AC Clark… - 2021 - ecoevorxiv.org
The field of conservation biology has a long history of incorporating diverse disciplines into
its 'toolbox'for improved outcomes. One such discipline is conservation genomics, which has …

Moult migration, site fidelity and survival of British Greylag Geese Anser anser at Windermere, Cumbria

K Brides, KA Wood, SW Petrek, J Cooper… - Ringing & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Analyses of 2280 re-encounters made during 2014–20 of 300 adult British Greylag Geese
Anser anser marked at Windermere, Cumbria, in summers 2013–16 are used to describe …