Development of a site fidelity index based on population capture-recapture data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Site fidelity is considered as an animal's tendency to return to a previously occupied place; this is a component of animal behaviour that allows us to understand movement patterns and aspects related to the animal's life history. Although there are many site fidelity metrics, the lack of standardisation presents a considerable challenge in terms of comparability among studies.

Methods

This investigation focused on the theoretical development of a standardised composite site fidelity index and its statistical distribution in order to obtain reliable population-level site fidelity comparisons. The arithmetic and harmonic means were used as mathematical structures in order to create different indexes by combining the most commonly used indicators for site fidelity s

SUBMITTER: Tschopp A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5949061 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature